Why??! (they've changed the way main menu works in the IDE).

[Lajos Juhász 293]

@David Millington . I have only one question WHY!!!!!!

 

I really like how the main menu in Windows works. You do an ALT+F opens the file menu and then select the submenu.  That way should work every program.

 

Now for some reason it's changed in the IDE. You have to press and release the ALT only then the main menu is selected.

 

For years I am using Alt+F O to open files. Now the same sequence leads a letter o in the source (in case I have something selected that is overwritten). 

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

Cannot reproduce here.

[Rollo62 536]

Me neither.

Sometimes I recognize that INSERT mode had changed, and this won't get back by normal key, only by changing the mode here.

 

Maybe there is also a hidden catch like that for Ctrl-F, somewhere hidden in the options ?

Edited October 19, 2021 by Rollo62

[Lajos Juhász 293]

47 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

Cannot reproduce here.

Now it's also working for me. I will have to try to find when it's not working.

 

When I started this thread I was able to reproduce it multiple times.

 

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

47 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

Sometimes I recognize that INSERT mode had changed, and this won't get back by normal key, only by changing the mode here.

You mean, Insert key doesn't work anymore??

[Rollo62 536]

1 minute ago, Fr0sT.Brutal said:

You mean, Insert key doesn't work anymore??

Yes, when usually toggling the insert key, to change between INSERT and OVERWRITE mode, this is ignored and stays at INSERT ( only in Delphi behaves like that, other apps do change the mode ).

The solution is to change above combobox selection.

[Attila Kovacs 629]

7 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

Yes, when usually toggling the insert key, to change between INSERT and OVERWRITE mode, this is ignored and stays at INSERT

I want it! How did you do that? The overwrite mode is one of the most annoying thing in the IDE and on my notebook the insert key is next to the home key.

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by Attila Kovacs

[Rollo62 536]

1 hour ago, Attila Kovacs said:

I want it! How did you do that? The overwrite mode is one of the most annoying thing in the IDE and on my notebook the insert key is next to the home key.

Exactly, the issue was that it always overwrites, no matter what you do, which may drive you crazy soon.

After a single checkbox change, it behaves normally again (toggle), but I'm afraid I had never seen the locking of the insert mode.

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

3 hours ago, Attila Kovacs said:

I want it! How did you do that? The overwrite mode is one of the most annoying thing in the IDE and on my notebook the insert key is next to the home key.

Are you programmer or what? Write your own keyboard filtering app 😄

 

[Attila Kovacs 629]

43 minutes ago, Fr0sT.Brutal said:

Are you programmer or what? Write your own keyboard filtering app 😄

 

Give me direct link, I'm a high paid manager!!! 😛

[dummzeuch 1505]

13 minutes ago, Attila Kovacs said:

Give me direct link, I'm a high paid manager!!! 😛

OK, how much are you going to pay for such a filter then? 😉

[Attila Kovacs 629]

let's see what did I break with that

the very few occasions that the OTA handles something perfectly

 

procedure TKeyboardBinding.CatchInsert(const Context: IOTAKeyContext; KeyCode: TShortCut; var BindingResult: TKeyBindingResult);
begin
  if not Context.EditBuffer.BufferOptions.InsertMode then
  begin
    Context.EditBuffer.BufferOptions.InsertMode := True;
    BindingResult := krHandled;
  end;
end;

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by Attila Kovacs

[Guest]

In 10.4.x i have noticed that the first time i access a menu (and i always use Alt+Key) it takes so much time for the menu to show, that the next press (s for search for example) generates a keystroke. Then, often next time, the menu displays faster and the Alt+Key key works. Might be related (?) or similar in 11.x?

[Lajos Juhász 293]

1 hour ago, Dany Marmur said:

In 10.4.x i have noticed that the first time i access a menu (and i always use Alt+Key) it takes so much time for the menu to show, that the next press (s for search for example) generates a keystroke. Then, often next time, the menu displays faster and the Alt+Key key works. Might be related (?) or similar in 11.x?

No, Yesterday a couple of time have had this problem. After I posted I didn't got it.

[Lajos Juhász 293]

Ok, the problem with menu shortcuts most probably is simply a conflict.

 

I've docked Unit Dependency Analyzer. Now ALT+E instead of Edit in the main menu will activate the dependency analyzer (&Errors).

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

28 minutes ago, Lajos Juhász said:

I've docked Unit Dependency Analyzer. Now ALT+E instead of Edit in the main menu will activate the dependency analyzer (&Errors).

OK, that's definitely not intended. The shortcut should only trigger when UDA is focused. I will see what goes wrong there.