Command Pane - Menu Location Problem : Currently, you type in a command, typically one line, and the menu (Run Clear Copy) is way down below at the bottom of the command box. Because having a menu below is different in position from the pane above, which has the menu above, your are often in the console and move up for the menu (because that's what you do for the pane above) instead of down. Recommendation : Command menu needs to be just above the top of the command entry box, so when you have typed, the menu is right where your cursor is not a mile away, and it means the menu is of a position style similar to the menu for the other pane (i.e. above the pane). If necessary, make it an option setting whether it is above or below, but above is preferable.
Command Pane - New Button Problem : Often you want to know about the result of a variable or equation. Recommendation : along with Run Clear Copy, have a button called "console.dir" that takes what you type, surrounds it with console.dir() and runs it. So for example, if you type myobject, it would run console.dir(myobject) Command Pane - Location Problem : It's a right pain to keep switching between the Script and Console tabs. I'd like to be able to see the code AND use the console at the same time. Recommendation : have an option to show the (or have a duplicate) Console on the script tab. Pane Split - Independence Problem : The Tabs Console HTML CSS Script DOM Net have sub panes within them that all have the same split position, but you rarely want them in the same position. If you increase the lower pane in Script to see the variables, you don't want to lose the size of the error pane on the Console tab Recommendation : Keep the pane sizing independent; if you want to keep the same pane object, at least remember the sizes independently for each tab and apply the size when switching tabs. Script Tab Variable Popups Problem : It's a nice feature when you've paused execution and you hover over a variable and its value pops up. But for objects, it doesn't give what you're usually after. If you hover over Obj[Key1] [Key2] you usually want to see the value of that whole variable down to Key2 not the value of Obj, Key1 or Key2 Recommendation : You should be able to highlight an area, and when you hover over that area, it evaluates it and pops up the result, just as VB does. Recommendation : The popups are often deficient when they list the keys of an object, show the first few keys and then "more...". It would be nice to be able to Ctrl-Click a variable or selected region and it will jump to/decipher it in the Watch area below, or do a console.dir on it into the console result tab. Many thanks for such an invaluable tool! david -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
