Mattias Gaertner schrieb:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:10:55 +0200
Hans-Peter Diettrich <[email protected]> wrote:
TCustomForm.Show automatically calls BringToFront, what may be okay in
most cases, but...
1) The IDE passes around an explicit BringToFront:boolean with many
methods - why?
Show, or show and focus.
For example when compiling the "messages" window should be shown, but it
does not need focus, nor does it need to be on top layer.
The purpose is clear, but not the implementation.
2) What about parented or docked forms? Is this already handled, or do
we need another method ShowClient to (also) make an docked client
visible, when e.g. docked into a notebook? Do we need to call
ScrollIntoView explicitly, when residing in a scrollable container?
When BringToFront is true the form should be focused. So the
IDEDockMaster should move the form to the front (recursively if docked).
I'm not sure about scrolling. I guess it would be nice.
There exists a method TWinControl.ShowControl, but it seems not to do
what its name suggests. In the default TWinControl implementation it's a
NOP, only TCustomNoteBook cares about the visibility of the given control.
DoDi
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