On 10 Nov 2013 08:11, "Tomasz Siekierda" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10 November 2013 01:01, Mateusz Loskot <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wonder what's the rationale behind single "Open File or Project" command. > > Why not to have two separate commands in the File menu? > > > > If I have my.pro project loaded, I can't use CTRL+O dialog to open > > my.pro file for editing, because Qt Creator complains: > > "project already open". > > Funny how we all differ. This is one of the reasons why I love Qt > Creator and despise other IDEs that have those menu entries separated > :)
Heh, indeed :) Simply, I prefer to use keyboard and reach mouse/touchpad as little as I can. In fact, Qt Creator with its ALT+* to togle panes, CTRL+K for locator and other shortcuts is brilliant here. So, instead of using mouse-n-clicks through panels in the sidebar, for opening files quickly my workflow is based on CTRL+O is this: - I'm editing /a/b/c/f1.cpp file - I want to open f2.cpp - I hit CTRL+O and because I'm viewing the f1.cpp, I assume IDE automatically switches the Open File dialog to /a/b/c folder - I type f2.cpp in dialog and hit ENTER If I want to open /a/b/f3.cpp, I type ../f3.cpp. IOW, similar to cd in command line :) The same workflow is handy if I have a lot of files opened, instead of mouse-n-click or looping over files with CTRL+TAB - I simply know what I'm editing now (where in the project tree I am) and I know name of file I want to switch to, so I can type all the information in, instead of clicking it out :-) Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot (Sent from mobile, apology for top-posting and broken quotes)
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