> We should not get limited in spawning inspectors, I think. My question is... is there any legitimate reason to have opened hundreds of any type of window? Whether they are browser, debugger, inspector or anything else. At least to me that would seem like an error.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 21 Jul 2014, at 18:26, Guillermo Polito <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 to Doru. > > > +1 > > > In addition, if managed at the inspector level, you'll have the same > problem with the debuggers and any other easily-spawned window. > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Tudor Girba <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the issue should be addressed at the level of the TaskbarMorph. >> That should be the one that gets limited, for example, by providing a "more >> windows" button. >> >> We should not get limited in spawning inspectors, I think. >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:58 PM, stepharo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 21/7/14 10:29, Peter Uhnák wrote: >>> >>> Wouldn't it be easier to simply enforce fixed limit of Inspector/Debug >>> instances (e.g. 10 or 20)? After reaching the limit creation of more would >>> be simply ignored. Because as a victim I don't see much use of having >>> vastly more windows than even fit on the screen especially since most of >>> the erroneous windows are actually identical. >>> >>> >>> yes this is a nice idea. >>> If somebody is ready for the challenge, please try and we will integrate >>> it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:00 AM, [email protected] <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> It would be nice to have the toolbar have some kind of Win7 spinner to >>>> the right to solve this. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to know when a system window was opened? >>>> >>>> Who hasn't been a victim of the attack of the too many windows popping >>>> up all over? >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> Le 21 juil. 2014 02:12, "Ben Coman" <[email protected]> a écrit : >>>> >>>> kilon alios wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am afraid I could not do that, it seems that when pharo has opened >>>>> too many windows the bottom bar takes all the space of the pharo windows >>>>> and because it has higher viewer priority you cannot view any kind of >>>>> window. All you see is that bars that represent open windows filling your >>>>> screen. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That is a problem. >>>>> >>>>> https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/13618/Toolbar-should-never-fill-more-than-half-the-screen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So the solution for me was to reopen the image , fetch most of my >>>>> lost code from changes and fortunately only add a few lines of code back >>>>> that were permanently lost. >>>>> >>>>> So a big thank you for changes , it saved me at least hours of work >>>>> and thank you for trying to help me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As Peter said, you can execute any code in an inspector window. >>>>>> Here is how you might solve this yourself :) >>>>>> There is a menu option >>>>>> World > Windows > Delete unchanged windows. >>>>>> Of course, you can't use that directly since your background is >>>>>> covered with windows. But you could open up another image and then do >>>>>> this... >>>>>> 1. Bring up the halos on that menu option >>>>>> 2. Click the "Debug" spanner icon and choose 'Inspect Morph' >>>>>> 3. Scroll down to /target/ where you find "[ World >>>>>> closeUnchangedWindows ]" >>>>>> 4. Evaluate that back in the problem image in any Inspector. >>>>>> >>>>>> I describe this process since until a moment ago when I did that, I >>>>>> didn't know about the existence of "closeUnchangedWindows." >>>>>> cheers -ben >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter Uhnák wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe running something like this would work: >>>>>> ---- >>>>>> InspectorNavigator allInstancesDo: [ :each | each window close ]. >>>>>> ---- >>>>>> >>>>>> You can run arbitrary code from basically anywhere where you can >>>>>> enter text (and Inspector has couple of boxes where you can enter text). >>>>>> >>>>>> Also doesn't holding escape close it too? >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 3:33 PM, kilon alios <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a shortcut to close all inspector windows ? and if not how >>>>>>> I close the window of a selected inspector ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Basically I accidentally opened over 1000 inspector windows and i >>>>>>> want to close them all now because they have occupied the entire GUI >>>>>>> and I >>>>>>> cant do anything other than closing them on by one. I cant open the >>>>>>> world >>>>>>> menu or open a new window because they take not only the entire window >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> also they are always on top. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The tragedy is that I had plenty of code that I don't want to lose >>>>>>> because I have not saved, please help :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can't open a workspace to issue pharo commands or any other window :( >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "Every thing has its own flow" >> > > >
