IDE -Windows 'stuck'together 2

[Bryan - Gendev]

In my IDE the Command and Properties windows have become 'joined' and cannot be displayed in separate positions on the desktop.
I have to go to the menu and select which of the 2 windows to display each time.

How can I uncouple them please?

GenDev

 

[Chris Miller]

I have to go to the menu and select which of the 2 windows to display each time.

No, there are tabs at the bottom to easily switch between them:

That's where you can also undock them by holding down the left mouse button on a tab and dragging it out.

Unless the windows are dockd in split mode, but then you'd see both, which you don't.

And right click on the titlebar or the tabs reveals the context menu, where you can undock them by unticking "Dockable"

Same thing is available in the menu "Window":

The IDE Windows docking and undocking is also described in the help topic How to: Dock Windows.
And besides all that, your own Windows are dockable too, i.e. docking is a feature available to your own application, too.

Chriss

 

[Mike Lewis]

You might also consider the advantages of actually keeping the windows docked. In my setup, I have the Command, Properties, Document View and Data Sessions windows all docked together, using tab docking. I find this generally makes it easier to manage and locate the windows.

However, while this arrangement works well during development, it has the disadvantage that the windows remain open and visible when a program or form is running (in the IDE), which gets in the way. So I have the following code near the start of my main program:

DEACTIVATE WINDOW "Document View"
DEACTIVATE WINDOW "Properties"
DEACTIVATE WINDOW "Command"
DEACTIVATE WINDOW "View"

and this near the end:

* Reinstate docked IDE windows
IF WEXIST("View")
	ACTIVATE WINDOW "View"
ENDIF 	
IF WEXIST("Document View")
	ACTIVATE WINDOW "Document View"
ENDIF 	
IF WEXIST("Properties")
	ACTIVATE WINDOW "Properties"
ENDIF 	
ACTIVATE WINDOW "Command"

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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