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It's odd that it's so rare in software to find window widgets that push each other out of the way instead of overlapping. I'm thinking of the gazillion pallett
by thetable 17y ago
It's odd that it's so rare in software to find window widgets that push each other out of the way instead of overlapping.
I'm thinking of the gazillion pallettes in Adobe CS that always occlude each other. You'd think they'd have figured that out by now.
- breck 17y agoI never even thought of that. Any examples of software that does this?
- jrockway 17y agoIndeed. Remember that overlapping windows was a tech demo to show how powerful the graphics processing was. It was never intended to actually be a production feature.
- altano 17y agoVisual Studio sort of does this. When you drag one pane over another, the default is to have the panes be tiled or tabbed (depending on where you drag it). It's all very intuitive too, with the arrows to guide you through what you're doing. Visual Studio's window management is totally awesome and one of my favorite features.
- mhansen 17y agoDoes it work well with multiple monitors yet?
- altano 17y agoI was watching a channel9 video where one of the devs claimed multiple-monitor support in 2010 was improved. I'm not sure how, or even what needs improving for that matter (I use VS across two monitors.)
- daok 17y agoVS2010 let you have 2 files open. In VS2008 you cannot have 2 sources code file open in each of your screen. Only one (of course you can put other windows to other screen but not multiple code windows).
- altano 17y agoOh! I've never tried that. That explains it. I only put panels on my 2nd monitor.
- kolosy 17y agoi end up running multiple instances typically, as opposed to a single one over multiple monitors.
- bfung 17y agoVisual Studio 2010 RC just came out this week and it touts multiple monitor support and other very shiny features. The official release is on March 22; they're not called M$ for nothing =P http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/default.mspx#compare http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010/de... [microsoft.com]
- kaiwren 17y agoNice. When do you suppose they will support editing code? You know, features we've learned to expect from IntelliJ and Eclipse?
- altano 17y agoI don't get it? I edit a lot of code in it?
- DougBTX 17y agoPallets have been able to snap together to the side of the screen since at least CS3, though I only had issues with < CS1 just after changing main monitor resolution...
- vog 17y agoThat's why I prefer Wmii, Ion2 and similar window managers. They really manage my windows, ensuring that they don't overlap and use the screen effectively. In contrast, most other window managers just enable you to fiddle with the windows yourself, and that's all they do for you. You keep moving and resizing them, one by one, steadily. That's very annoying. (In fact, I don't even have a desktop image, because most of the time, the desktop isn't visible anyway. I don't want to look at my desktop, I want to use that space for the application I'm working with!)
- devin 17y agoThank god for tiling window managers. Xmonad, we salute you. You are the best.
- vog 17y agoWmii and Ion2 are also very nice tiling window managers.