Delphi Alexandria Object Inspector

[chrisvmg007 1]

Hi All,

 

In Delphi 11 Alexandria, if you press the 'e' character in the object inspector it launches the template editor window.

 

Example: Type cdsMember - as soon as you hit the 'e' the  template editor window is invoked.

 

In fact, just typing the 'e' does this.

 

Does anyone else experience this strange issue?

 

Regards,

Christian.

[FPiette 363]

I don't see that behavior. Could you post a screen dump showing the object inspector and where the caret is?

[chrisvmg007 1]

Hi Francois,

 

After much frustration and playing around I have figured out what the cause of this behaviour is. I had added the 'Templates' shortcut (from the View customize menu) button on one of the toolbars. When this button is located on any toolbar, then this behaviour is experienced. I the removed the 'Templates' button from the toolbar and the behaviour is now as expected. So to reproduce...

 

1. Customize any toolbar.

2. Select the 'Commands' tab.

3. Scroll to the 'View' menu.

4. Drag the 'Templates' item to any toolbar.

5. Close the customization tool.

6. Click in the object inspector edit box and type in any component that has the letter 'e' anywhere in it. As soon as you type the letter 'e', the templates selection window is launched. In fact you can just type the letter 'e' into the object inspector edit box and you will see the same behaviour.

 

For now I am leaving the templates shortcut off of any toolbar. In any case it is not something that I use that often but convenient to have on a toolbar.

 

Hope this helps anyone else experiencing this issue.

 

Obviously it is something that Embarcadero will address for their next patch/update.

 

Regard,

Christian.

[FPiette 363]

I followed your steps and... I cannot reproduce the behavior. Maybe you have some "extension", "wizard" or whatever added to the IDE that produce that.

By the way, I'm no sure what is "the object inspector edit box" where to " type in any component that has the letter 'e' anywhere in it ". There is an editbox to search for a property and many properties have an editbox to enter their value. Maybe you confuse with component toolbar? That's why I asked a screen dump to be sure about what you talk about.

 

Edited March 11, 2022 by FPiette
More precise wording

[chrisvmg007 1]

Hi Francois,

 

Thanks for spending time on this issue.

 

To clarify (my bad)...

 

When you click on the object inspector, you are presented wit a dropdown list of all components on a form/datamodule. This is what I was, obviously erroneously, referring to as the 'edit box'.

 

As I begin to type a component name, as soon as I type the 'e' character, the Templates window is displayed.

 

The only IDE wizard that I have installed, which I have been using now for ever, is GExperts. I will check out all the settings and shortcuts in GExperts to see if perhaps there is an issue there.

 

Please see the screen dump I have attached. You can also see the 'Templates' button on the right-most toolbar with the Templates window itself now showing.

 

 

If you are not able to reproduce it, then it must have something to do with GExperts but I have never seen this behaviour in all my years of using the IDE wizard.

 

Regards,

Christian.

[FPiette 363]

Yes, now I can reproduce.
This is a bug IMO. You should write a bug report at https://quality.embarcadero.com

 

By the way, what you name "EditBox" is a "ComboBox" or a "drop down list box".