script window order in IDE

[marksmithhfx]

Simple question. When I open a second script window in the IDE it replaces the first one, and moves the previous first one into the 2nd tab position, etc. What I would prefer is if the windows simply retained their order: first window/script in first position, 2nd in 2nd position etc. I thought I might be able to simply use the tabs to reorder them (sort of like how you can reorder icons in the dock on the finder). However, they don't reorder. Is there any other way to accomplish this?
Mark

[jacque]

I don't think so, other than closing all tabs and reselecting them in order from the history button.

[marksmithhfx]

I don't think so, other than closing all tabs and reselecting them in order from the history button.

Thanks. That is what I ended up doing but figure it is worth a feature request...

[jacque]

I suspect the idea was that the older scripts roll off the end when the number of tabs gets too large. If new tabs were placed at the end of the row then you'd lose the newest one when you added another.

[dunbarx]

I would like that the tabs in the SE could be dragged to change their left-to-right order.

Oftentimes I will have one instance of a script open, and to check another version, I will open an identical second one. But that new one appears in a tab at the left, whereas the object it came from is invariably placed to the right of the original. So I get confused and nervous since the tabs are ordered 2,1 left to right, whereas the objects are ordered 1,2.

Trivial? Yes. But I would love to be able to reOrder the tabs.

Craig

[stam]

You're not wrong Craig...

Things like this are the reason i've been setting up VSCode as my main code editor. I often want to work on the same (long) script in split screen for example. Or have some code-folding when needed. Or have multiple tabs i can re-order as needed, even within each split screen.
No-can-do with built in SE.

Using VSCode needs a bit of work and everything has to be scripOnlyStacks (which as Jacque felt can be an issue for remote debugging), as LC will not/cannot integrate with this - which is a pity because many other IDEs do. But things like what you're trying to do are trivial with a proper code editor...

Downside with using scriptOnlyStacks with everything is you need to have a mechanism to load all scripts (as front/back/libraries/behaviours) and have a mechanism for removing from memory and reloading when you make changes in the external editor.
Actually quite easy to set up as a 1-time thing at preOpenStack and reloading all scripts is simple and v quick. But it's not exactly the same as the convenience of an integrated editor.

I know it ain't gonna happen any time soon (if ever), but I'd be stoked if that kind of integration would ever be feasible...

[marksmithhfx]

Oftentimes I will have one instance of a script open, and to check another version, I will open an identical second one. But that new one appears in a tab at the left, whereas the object it came from is invariably placed to the right of the original. So I get confused and nervous since the tabs are ordered 2,1 left to right, whereas the objects are ordered 1,2.

Trivial? Yes. But I would love to be able to reOrder the tabs.

Craig

Just added a "feature enhancement" to the QCC... https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23684