I agree with Michael. I tried AnchorDocking and it did not work for me. I need to be able to change values in the Property Editor and see the Form at the same time. I could not do that with Docking.
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Felipe Ferreira da Silva wrote: > >> I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical user >> interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the RAD tools use a >> docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in some cases they are >> stylish(like the recent Visual Studio versions). I think that a >> better-looking IDE would not just make the programming task more pleasant, >> but also could attract more people to Pascal. >> >> I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a docked >> IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the IDE could be >> improved with appropriated features for a docked app - and since the forms >> would be still undockable, the user could switch back to the "Delphi7-like" >> interface. >> >> My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some projects >> with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course) to you evaluate. >> I'm good at create components and customize to give them a stylish >> appearance like in the case of VS. But I would like to know from you guys >> first. > > > As long as you can completely undo it, I don't see why not. > > Not everyone is comfortable with the so-called docked interface. > Tastes in what is considered a 'modern gui' change every so-and-so years. > It's not because an interface has been around for a while that it is less > good. > > I work with Delphi XE, and reverted completely to the D7 look, including the > 'old' component palette. Even my windows 7 has the 'classic' look. > > Michael. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- Shalom, Avishai [email protected] אבישי גוֹר -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
