Fair enough. Looking at the latest version of it, it's much clearer in it's intent... I'm sure it wasn't like this.
What do you think about things like a right mouse click context menu that allows you to "create file" or "add file from..." where it then brings the file in from some other place on the file system? I think the browser gives an impression that it can do stuff like this, but at hte moment doesn't. > The original intent for the current tool was as a project browser. > > Prior to the Task 2.0 rewrite, this got extended to serve dual > purpose. But I was never a huge fan of this double-purposing. I'd be > quite happy to see a seperate directory tool. > > As for the "Add file to project" type thing, it has always been > intended that this should not be required, and that the editor should > automatically intuit which files are in the project, and which are > not. > > Adam K > > On 6 November 2010 09:55, Peter Lavender <pla...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Given the issues raised about the directory tree widget in Padre at the > > moment, I'd like to raise an idea or two. > > > > To me, the directory tree always causes me some confusion in its intended > > use. Is it a convenient file system browser or is meant to be bound to the > > "project"? > > > > I think in many ways this can be a problem for others as well when they find > > the directory tree doesn't do what they expected. > > > > I've been using Visual Studio a fair bit, and the concept of the project > > browser is a good one. You know it's bound to the project at hand ( > > basically because that's all I work in I guess ) because it doesn't offer > > any visual indication that you can move up a directory level in the file > > system ( as you see in the directory tree ). The root of the tree is the > > project root. > > > > Now, I'm wondering if we don't have a separate widget for each idea here, > > one the convenient file system browser, with context menus for open file, > > create new file etc, and one for projects that has it's root as the project > > root and with it additional menus such as "Import file" or "Add file to > > project", making it more clear in it's terminology that this is indeed a > > project specific widget. > > > > I think there is room for both widgets, even in use at the same time ( > > maybe... ). > > > > > > Just a thought or two... > > > > Peter. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Padre-dev mailing list > > Padre-dev@perlide.org > > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
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