Maybe a bad idea, but we could make it so a double click on the dbeugger resizes it to be onscreen.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:29 PM, P T Withington <[email protected]> wrote: > I like what you are suggesting. It drives me nuts when I try to debug some > demo app and the debugger is constrained to be inside the canvas. I'm just > looking for some way that we could make this work right for the average > schmo, who would not know how to change their embed tag. > > Maybe what we really want is for the dev console to always make the embed > tag fill the browser window? Then I think I would be cool with not forcing > the debugger to fit on the canvas. > > Will this work in DHTML and both swf8 and 9? > > > On 2009-06-22, at 17:16EDT, Sarah Allen wrote: > > >> On Jun 22, 2009, at 2:10 PM, P T Withington wrote: >> >> Interesting. I didn't know you could do that. >>> >>> Here's my concern: If a naive user (like myself) says: >>> >>> <canvas width="100"> >>> <debug width="200"> >>> ... >>> </canvas> >>> >>> and you make your change, won't I end up with a debugger window where I >>> can't get to the resize tab so I can't make it fit on my window? >>> >> >> then you hit your forehand with your hand and say "oops" (or drag the >> debugger to the left until you can resize it) >> >>> >>> >>> There's a boatload of heuristics going on here to make the debugger >>> window size as useful as possible, and I'd want to make sure we didn't break >>> any of those. In particular, look at the history of this bug for an example >>> of how dangerous what looks like a simple change can be: >>> >>> http://jira.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-7602 >>> >>> So, I'm pretty leery of your proposed change. >>> >> >> If you think it is dangerous. I can live with it changed locally, I just >> thought others might want it. >> >>> - >>> >>> Why can't you just have the canvas be 100% and then set the actual size >>> using the embed tag? >>> >> >> My app reacts to the canvas size and gets all warped that way >> >> Sarah >> > > -- Henry Minsky Software Architect [email protected]
