[Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
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[Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
I'm currently looking at the preferences.
I saw two tabs 'Editor' and 'Python console'. Is there a reason why those are two separate tabs? Can't we merge them in one?
I saw two tabs 'Editor' and 'Python console'. Is there a reason why those are two separate tabs? Can't we merge them in one?
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
There is not much to configure for the console, so these preferences woul fit physically on the editor page. But these are rather different things and another tab does not really do much harm.
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
I would argue that there are so many tabs that the important 'Unit' tab is not visible.
We could make one tab called 'Python' where both the python editor and the python console would have their settings. As that would all fit well on one tab.
We could make one tab called 'Python' where both the python editor and the python console would have their settings. As that would all fit well on one tab.
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
Sounds reasonable.
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
I think that sounds good: there are definitely too many tabs right now.
Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
The options of the Python console don't make sense for general text editors. If you want to reduce the number of tabs for General then we can also create an new group name. There we can e.g. move the tabs Editor, Python console, Notification area, Report view and Macro.I saw two tabs 'Editor' and 'Python console'. Is there a reason why those are two separate tabs? Can't we merge them in one?
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
I'm not against your proposal but the options of the console that don't affect the editor can easily be placed on a groupbox with a header "Console options", the syntax highlight options that are on the editor tab do affect the python console for example so IMO it is best to put all these in the same tab.wmayer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:28 pmThe options of the Python console don't make sense for general text editors. If you want to reduce the number of tabs for General then we can also create an new group name. There we can e.g. move the tabs Editor, Python console, Notification area, Report view and Macro.I saw two tabs 'Editor' and 'Python console'. Is there a reason why those are two separate tabs? Can't we merge them in one?
Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
The editor is a python file editor exclusively. So having a Python tab for both, with 2 group boxes would make sense.wmayer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:28 pm The options of the Python console don't make sense for general text editors. If you want to reduce the number of tabs for General then we can also create an new group name. There we can e.g. move the tabs Editor, Python console, Notification area, Report view and Macro.
Adding a new group wouldn't help much IMO.
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Re: [Preferences] 'Editor' and 'Python console'
I meant the total number of tab would be the same, just reorganized in different groups.
But that would mean adding an additional group.
I'm not sure what the group could even be called.
So When I said it wouldn't help, I meant it wouldn't really help in improving the UI, because there would be one more group and the same amount of tabs overall.
Besides the tab 'editor' the name is not clear for the user. First many probably don't know there is a python editor in FC. And editor doesn't indicate what kind of editor it is. And in a cad software python editor is not the first thing to come to mind.
For this reason I think it would be best to group them in one python tab even if the number of tab was not so big.
But that would mean adding an additional group.
I'm not sure what the group could even be called.
So When I said it wouldn't help, I meant it wouldn't really help in improving the UI, because there would be one more group and the same amount of tabs overall.
Besides the tab 'editor' the name is not clear for the user. First many probably don't know there is a python editor in FC. And editor doesn't indicate what kind of editor it is. And in a cad software python editor is not the first thing to come to mind.
For this reason I think it would be best to group them in one python tab even if the number of tab was not so big.
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