Re: Minor suggestions for the build plugin

On 2024-02-03 19:22, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a few small things which I'd like to change in the build plugin:

Hi,

> 
> When making the filter text for the targets  shorter (e.g. after 
> selecting and
> building a target, and then clearing the edit line), the treeview jumps 
> to the
> beginning of the list of the targets. Although the previously selected 
> target
> is still selected, this is not visible. I have to scroll down manually 
> to see
> whether it is still selected.
> I would much prefer if the selected target would stay visible.
> This is a one-liner in the lambda connected to
> targetFilterEdit::textChanged(), I would simply add a 
> scrollTo(currentIndex)
> there. Ok ?

would make sense for me.

> 
> If I double click a target which comes from the project plugin, I can 
> still
> edit it. I think this doesn't make sense, since the change will be 
> overriden
> the next time the project plugin updates the targets. Ok to make 
> project-
> targets non-editable ?

Hmm, is editing that common? Perhaps we should always do that and allow 
to
edit only via context menu.

> 
> Should non-editable targets be built when double clicking ?
> Would feel comfortable for me. OTOH then they would behave differently 
> than the
> other targets. What do you think ?
> 
> I would like to be able to change the width of the columns manually. It 
> feels
> really annoying to me when I can't do that. There are some long target 
> names
> which make the first column very wide, while OTOH I can't see the full 
> commands
> for them. Basically I have to pull the kate window so it covers all my 
> two
> screens, only then the command column becomes wide enough.
> I would much prefer if I could simply drag them manually to the width I 
> want
> (initially they should be set to something reasonable automatically of
> course).
> A quick first try was not good enough, but I could invest a bit more 
> time.
> Ok, or would you object to that ?

Have no opinion on that.

> 
> For those small things, should I go the whole branch and merge request 
> route ?

I think a merge request makes the final details better to get right.

Greetings
Christoph

> 
> Thanks
> Alex