That's not a bad idea. But... My complaint with line numbering is that you can't drag to select lines (which I use heavily) without line numbers turned on. Actually, for the life of me, I can't really see why, in a modern IDE, you need to see line numbers at all. You don't need them to find code. You don't need them to see which line your cursor is on (if you need to know). Really, what's the point? I would have them turned off if it didn't mean giving up dragging to select lines. Of course, if you could drag in the margin occupied by the icons, inserting breakpoints would probably have to be marginally less convenient. That wouldn't bother me, because, for me, selecting lines is a far more common operation than changing breakpoints. But I can see that others might not agree.
One thing that COULD be changed easily would be to click on the line number to select the entire line. Right now, you have to click AND DRAG to select even a single line. That's counter to the way this feature is usually implemented. In fact, as I think of it, it would be nice if multiple clicks on the same line number behaved in a way similar to CTRL-Q (is that right? I have it remapped), selecting first the line, then on successive clicks within the double-click threshold, all the lines in each of the enclosing blocks. "Paul Ruane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I have line numbering swiched on despite losing a fair few pixels of valuable screen real-estate. I then realised that there is little reason to not combine the line numbering with the breakpoint/icon bar beside it. Here's what I mean: > > o With line numbers off, the breakpoint bar appears as it does now, showing breakpoints, bookmarks etc. > > o With line numbers on, the breakpoint bar is widened to accomodate the numbering and appears as wide as the line numbering bar does now. > - Line numbers are shown in the widened breakpoint bar. > - Any icons are drawn over/instead of the numbering for that line. There's enough uniconed lines surrounding to easily work out the line number. > - Alternatively a) the icons could be overlaid semi-transparently or b) the line number could be drawn whole beside the icon but in a smaller font. > > I think this would give the benefits of line numbering without the space penalty. > > Paul. > > > -- > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
