PeterPanettone

I found this funny anecdote. While it doesn't fully apply to this topic, it can still be thought-inducing: Five monkeys are placed in a cage with a banana hanging from a ladder. Every time a monkey tries to get the banana, all the monkeys are splashed with cold water. Soon, each monkey hits anyone who tries to get the banana to avoid punishment. One by one, the monkeys are replaced by new ones. The others beat Each new monkey when it tries to get the banana, although water jets are no longer used. Ultimately, all the monkeys beat each other, even though none have experienced the original punishment. They do it because it has "always been done that way."

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Exactly. This is another reason to show the executable size after success and duration information—both for the debug and release build configurations.

Well, a developer's requirements can be different. For example, the decision to include a certain component at design time or not could depend on the size of the executable. Therefore, the size of the executable could certainly be an interesting information. For example, it could matter whether the executable size is 10 MB or over 100 MB.

Well, the size of the executable created is just as important (or even more important) information than the build/compile time, which has always been displayed.

Please add this option to GExperts as soon as possible. Many users will be happy about it! Thank you!

Do you mean GExperts could achieve this, formatted as MB with two decimal digits? That would be wonderful!

First, neither side worked—except on the right side. Then I put it on top and then on the left. Now, it will hopefully stay on the left side. Thanks again for GExperts, which is great!

Thank you for the information. I've configured it to be positioned on the left side: But unfortunately, it is not shown:

In Delphi 12.1 Form Designer you can show the DFM code in the Code Editor with the shortcut ALT+F12. Where is the menu command for this action? Wasn't the View menu supposed to show the menu item 'View as Text' for this command? There is none:

In complex forms with many (nested) objects, displaying only the DFM object code for the selected object would be a helpful option. It could help the user focus on that object when editing its code in the Code Editor. What do you think about this?

In my Delphi (12.1) the context menu is shown from the whole form (not only from the caption bar) - but not from the Form Designer canvas. Which is logically inconsistent because the Code Editor showing the DFM code shows the code of the whole form and and not specifically the code of the clicked object (which BTW would be an interesting option).

Unfortunately, the shortcut ALT+F12 is missing from the context menu! Isn't displaying existing shortcuts a requirement for a consistent UI?

https://embt.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals Previously, there was a link to show my own reports. I cannot find this link anymore. Was there a change in the QP UI?

Thanks, Brian.

When displaying a TPopupMenu at design time in the Delphi IDE Menu Designer, no menu icons are displayed (although they are assigned): Is this impossible in principle, or is it a failure of the Embarcadero Delphi IDE developers? I.e, should I file a Quality Portal report?

As with all such questions, there are many levels or perspectives from which to view this issue. Of course, it's tempting to take the most comfortable position, especially if your fellow club members are already on that branch.

So why did you post this message? It is logically inconsistent.

You are correct, as the so-called "Menu Designer" only manages references to the TMenuItem objects of a TPopupMenu in the same way the Actions List Editor does not display Actions but refers to a List of TAction objects. But then they should not call it "Menu Designer" but MENU CONSTRUCTOR. But wouldn't a REAL Menu Designer that shows the MenuItem icons be great? Or is this beyond the capabilities of the Embarcadero development team? Thomas: wink-wink...

You are right. Even cavemen never used cars until one of them invented the wheel.

I use both. In neither case are the icons shown in the Menu Designer. Why are you asking?

Do you mean it was negligence by the IDE programmers at Embarcadero?

Do you mean it is not impossible in principle? (Maybe there is a fundamental law of physics that forbids showing an icon in the Menu Designer?) 😎

I have built GExperts [r4257] in Delphi 12.1 with the RELEASE build configuration (the default preset is the Debug build configuration). Is there a performance advantage of the release configuration over the debug configuration?

When you select an object in the FormDesigner Structure Panel, its visibility is very good when the FormDesigner Structure Panel is focused. But when the FormDesigner Structure Panel loses focus, the selection of the object becomes barely visible: Please compare the two colors. Can anyone confirm this?