Hi,

> On Feb 22, 2017, at 5:47 AM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I happened to be Spotting for image saveXXX methods and at the top of
> results is
> #Menu
>  + Save
>  + Save as...
>  + Save and quit
> 
> Now what would be really nice is if the code pane showed the
> implementation of the menu item.  Usually I resort to using Halos to
> inspect the menu item morph to view its implementation.
> 
> 
> On a slightly separate point, it feels awkward clicking Save in the
> Spotter search,
> since there is no visual feedback anything happened.  I had to go back
> and experiment by choosing [Save as] to understand that clicking it
> actually executed it.
> 
> Perhaps executing a menu item from Spotter could #inform: us
> that a menu item was executed. This is in spite that choosing [Save]
> from the World menu doesn't provide any feedback.
> I think that conforms to expected behaviour, but most other Spotter results
> only browse, not execute.

This is an interesting idea. 

Could you open an issue for it?

> Actually how many other Spotter extensions execute something?
> It is maybe potentially dangerous that it behaves differently to other 
> results,
> and clicking on it (e.g. trying to expand it like other results)
> causes side effects.

Clicking triggers an action. What the action does is not controlled and nor 
should it.

Cheers,
Doru

> Perhaps the code pane showing the menu item implementation could have
> <Execute> and <Debug> buttons above it.
> 
> cheers -ben
> 

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