PeterPanettone

It got a little better after setting the font size in the Registry from 12 to 11: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\Theme But it is still not optimal. If I reduce the font size in the Registry further then the font size in the IDE menu and in the Object Inspector becomes too small! So there should be a separate font setting for the Messages pane!

V. can make people tired.

This is not a topic about system settings but about the GUI font size in the Delphi IDE. Please read my original topic and keep a professional level.

That is part of the IDE to control the font size in the Code Editor. It is NOT a plugin. We are talking about the GUI font size here (menus etc.).

We are not talking about the font size in the Code Editor but about the GUI font size (menus etc.).

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\Theme Changed it from 9 to 12. The IDE GUI now looks much better! This setting should be in the IDE OPTIONS! Embarcadero talks a lot about optimizing the size of icons in applications built by developers. But they still use ridiculously small stone-age toolbar icons on their IDE Toolbar! Why the IDE does not allow to change the size of the toolbar icons? Are we still in the stone age?

Thanks for your interest in this question. However, the question was not about my system settings (which are OK for all my other applications). The question is about the overall text size in the Delphi 11 IDE which is too small.

I couldn't believe it: Embarcadero's System.SysUtils.TStringHelper in 2021 still does not have a method to save the string to a file! It would be so nice to be able to write: MyString.SaveToFile(AFilePath);

That's what I said.

Yes: Delphi. TStringList (which could be indirectly classified as a basic string type although it is a collection of strings) has a SaveToFile method. So why shouldn't string also have a SaveToFile helper method?

Maybe: MyString.ToBitCoin? That would make Delphi developers RICH!

That is correct - but I LOVE string helpers.

The GExperts Grep Search is one of the most valuable CROWN JEWELS in the Delphi IDE! A big THANK YOU to its author and maintainer!

Does anybody know a tool for Delphi 10.4.2 that can inspect the properties of all classes and objects in a Delphi program at run-time? Once there has been such a tool by Marco Cantu: OBJECT DEBUGGER But it seems its development stopped at Delphi 5?

Marco's Object Debugger has a nice little built-in feature: When closing the Object Debugger window with the close button in the title bar, then it minimizes to this unobtrusive little mini window in the left bottom corner of the screen: I love it!

If this is a subtle request to not post a new feature request on this topic (this cannot be understood otherwise) then please say it loud and clear. Thank you! If not, then sorry for my wrong assumption.

Marco, thank you very much! This is an invaluable debugging tool that saves me a lot of time.

I am sure that Thomas doesn't feel any pressure. I am sure he loves programming as we others do and I am sure he is open to suggestions.

It would be nice if Thomas could enable this. Just add a checkbox in the Exclude Dirs option.

Or you could simply use the Exclude Dirs option in the dialog. EDIT: Oh, I found out that the Exclude Dirs option works only when searching in directories.

That would be a nice new option: "Parse file list". With this option, grep search would parse all files listed in a separate file list. (A simple text file). This would be very useful! Or do a content search with EVERYTHING - it's very fast.

Thomas, couldn't you please add the feature that the "parse map file" checkbox is automatically disabled (grayed out) if no map file exists?

DO you create a MAP file? (Project Options ->Building -> Delphi Compiler -> Linking -> Map file). Shouldn't the GExperts Grep Search also search the unit files listed in the Map file? EDIT: I was too late - Thomas was faster.

It is very useful that the GExperts Grep Search dialog automatically inserts the current selection in the code editor as its search term! It would be equally useful if the GExperts Grep Search dialog would also automatically insert the name of the currently selected control as its search term when invoking the dialog in design mode!

I invoke the GExperts Grep Search dialog with the ALT+S shortcut. This is fast, as it can be done quickly with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand.