Hi!
Just a couple wishes about UI.
I wonder if it'd be hard work to implement multi-tabs canvas, like excel or processing? Has the idea been around?
Would it be possible to display icons instead of text in the toolbar tabs to reduce width (just like Rh5)? The horizontal scroll is a bit troublesome.
By the way, back then the receiver component had a very keen Go To feature. I'd love to see it again.
Chris Tietjen
On the topic of horizontal scrolling would it be possible to make the clickable target on a tab (or maybe it's got something to do with the cursor) larger than it currently is? I find it difficult to locate the target with the horizontal scrolling cursor and I'm often clicking several times on a tab to get it to open where with the normal cursor this is never a problem.
Mar 11, 2013
Fred Becquelin
Chris, that's what I meant by troublesome. So I'm not the only one it bothers...
David, yes they would communicate. I understand your confusion. Let's say they would be "cropped views" for now.
It's more about book keeping inside a single document. For example: first tab would be UI, second would be formatting, others would be different modules of my script. I have to push stuff around all the time and even with groups or alt-drag it takes a while.
In Excel a sheet is a very large 2d array, but you can add a third dimension by adding sheets and access them with =Sheet2!A1 (3 coordinates : Sheet2 , A , 1)
So sheet are just 2d slices in a 3d array for visualization.
Processing is not such a good example, it's just pages in your code that are executed one after another, but still it's good for clarity : one tab with "setup", one with "draw", one with functions, one with classes etc
Since you're an architect, think of my tabs as the storeys of a building. there are horizontal as well as vertical wires.
I figured you could add a "vertical wire" that could eventually act as a cluster in/outputs for export etc
Just an idea anyway
Mar 11, 2013
Fred Becquelin
nice!
Mar 14, 2013