PeterPanettone

Is there anybody who has both Delphi 10.3 and Delphi 10.4 installed on his system AND has Parnassus Bookmarks and perhaps Parnassus Navigator (both from GetIt Package Manager) installed on both Delphi 10.3 and Delphi 10.4? The reason why I am asking: It seems that installing the Parnassus plugins in Delphi 10.4 removes the Parnassus 10.3 DLLs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ParnassusShared\! After having installed the Parnassus plugins in Delphi 10.4, this directory contains these files: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ParnassusShared\ParnassusBookmarks_XSydney.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ParnassusShared\ParnassusCoreEditor_XSydney.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ParnassusShared\ParnassusNavigator_XSydney.dll But now, when I start the Delphi 10.3 IDE, I get this error message and the Delphi 10.3 IDE crashes and can only be terminated: So could you please check which files are in this directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ParnassusShared\ Thank you!

You are right, that wouldn't fix the fundamental flaw. But at least, in the meantime, we could work with a Message Dialog Expert which has a reasonable size when called. And the functionality to restore the size of the Message Dialog Expert between sessions is needed anyway.

That would be the best solution!

I have this problem with a resolution from 3200 x 1333

Maybe this is a High-DPI issue?

In a project where I try to create a kind of "sticky popup menu simulation", I have the problem of highlighting a specific popup menu item: StickyPopupMenuSimulation.zip This problem is also being discussed at StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60850050/how-to-highlight-a-specific-popup-menu-item ...where Remy Lebeau has provided an answer. Unfortunately, that answer does not work in my project. So I invite everybody to check out my project and to test the answer from StackOverflow. (I politely ask for dispassionate answers).

Suddenly (since yesterday), when I press F6 in the IDE to put the caret inside the Delphi Insight Search box, a strange grey "panel" is covering part of the title-bar controls: This "panel" cannot be moved away, it just stays there annoying me because it covers the title-bar controls. It doesn't go away when I press F6 again. When I click in the Delphi Insight Search box with the mouse the grey panel does not appear, only when I press F6. When I right-click the grey panel it shows the same context menu as when right-clicking the IDE Toolbar area (so it seems to be a part of the IDE toolbar area): (I have disabled all IDE toolbars to exclude the grey panel being a strayed toolbar). The GExperts Keyboard Shortcuts wizard shows no action for the F6 key: When I restart the IDE the grey panel has disappeared until I click the F6 key again. I have disabled ALL IDE plugins and addons but the grey panel stays there. Strangely, when I click the "IDE Insight..." menu item (which has a different shortcut) in the SEARCH menu, the grey panel also appears: So using this menu shortcut CTRL+. the grey panel also appears. I have nothing running in the background which could interfere with the F6 key. Has anybody experienced a similar annoyance in the Delphi IDE? How could I make the grey panel go away?

Well, past or present purpose - in any case, there is a purpose.

This sentence contains a lot of revealing meta-information.

I have added @Anders Melander to my ignore list. So in the future, it's useless for him to write comments directed at me.

Why do you waste your time criticizing things which are out of your reach?

IMO, the logically correct conclusion would be: There is nothing in the IDE that has no purpose. So most likely the grey panel (invisible or not) has a purpose. (Please provide convincing evidence to the contrary if you can)

That is clearly a RHETORICAL QUESTION. But it doesn't answer the question about the grey panel.

The FACT is: The Delphi IDE contains a GREY PANEL that was previously INVISIBLE and now for some unknown reason has become visible. What could be the PURPOSE of the grey panel?

I want to have public quality reports handled PUBLICLY, not thrown into a "laundry basket".

Why would they want to keep this "panel affair" SECRET?

Thank you very much! The JIRA comment says: "Internal copy (RS-100122) of this issue is closed as duplicate of internal issue RS-100117 by Calvin Tang on May 13, 2020. This issue is re-linked to internal issue RS-100117" What does this mean?

Does GExperts have a built-in function to set the ParentFont property of ALL controls on the Form or application-wide to TRUE?

I have found the very flexible Property Corrector in CnWizards.

I agree. It would be very useful if the MESSAGE DIALOG wizard would remember its size, also between sessions! It should also have a SIZE GRIP in the bottom right corner for easy resizing.

I find Pascal Expert particularly useful: https://www.peganza.com/products_pex.html https://www.peganza.com/find-bugs-early-with-pascal-expert.html It has a very large set of configurable reports about your code health and code quality. I consider it the "medical doctor and therapist of trust" for my code.

In the Delphi 10.4 STRUCTURE PANEL, I select a TCard container control (containing several controls) and try to copy it to the clipboard with CTRL+C. It does not work. Even in the EDIT sub-context menu, the Copy item is disabled: Restarted the IDE. Tried again and again. Can anyone confirm this further annoying IDE bug?

If true, this would confirm my complexity hypothesis. (See above).

Eureka: I have found a solution at Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63336038/from-the-ides-structure-panel-how-to-copy-a-tcard-to-the-clipboard/63338826 Please vote for it!

I fear it is MUCH OLDER. Shall we call it PREHISTORIC?