Community edition form designer

[JusJJ 0]

Hi,

 

I haven't used Delphi since version 6 but I thought now to try it again after a long break. So I downloaded community edition but noticed that floating form designer has disappeared.

I remember it was easy to design a gui in the past but now it is really difficult.

Is there any way to get a form designer full screen size? 

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

You can open a second edit window and (since D11) put the form designer in that one. That will mimic the former floating designer pretty well.

[JusJJ 0]

Thank you Uwe. Community edition is 10.4 and in this version you can get only code in a second edit window.

[Pat Foley 51]

2 hours ago, JusJJ said:

Is there any way to get a form designer full screen size? 

Almost. I use a custom Desktop that hides the side bars and messages across bottom.
Just hide the side bars and save desktop. I named mine Startup layout since its
used to add controls to the form and see more code when making a new application

using <F12> to switch.  

A side effect is the object inspector gains height when invoked from flyout view or
<F11> key.  

This is in 10.4.2.   Above gives about same size view as a second view window.   

[Remy Lebeau 1393]

5 hours ago, JusJJ said:

So I downloaded community edition but noticed that floating form designer has disappeared.

Yup.  The Floating Designer was completely removed in 10.4.1:

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/new-for-the-ide-in-rad-studio-10-4-1/

Edited January 5, 2022 by Remy Lebeau