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Andy Gryc(deleted)
11/19/2009 3:01 PM
post42270
Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
When bringing up an editor window in the 4.6 IDE, a blank pane is opened to the right of the text.  It clearly is 
associated with the remainder of the editor windows, since it is carrying the minimize and maximize buttons, but it is 
presented as a separate window, and it can't be removed (or at least you can't slide the partition in the editor window 
to shrink it to nothing).

I'm sure I'm missing something quite obvious, but what is this pane used for?
Andy Jin(deleted)
11/19/2009 3:08 PM
post42271
Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
Are you refering to the "Outline" view. It's used to display a structure 
view of the source file being edited. You can see it working when you 
open a C source code or a make file in your editor.

If the source file type does not contribute any outline then the view 
will be blank. This is the case if you edit a plain text file.

Andy Gryc wrote:
> When bringing up an editor window in the 4.6 IDE, a blank pane is opened to the right of the text.  It clearly is 
associated with the remainder of the editor windows, since it is carrying the minimize and maximize buttons, but it is 
presented as a separate window, and it can't be removed (or at least you can't slide the partition in the editor window 
to shrink it to nothing).
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> I'm sure I'm missing something quite obvious, but what is this pane used for?
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Andy Gryc(deleted)
11/19/2009 3:14 PM
post42272
RE: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
It isn't the outline view.  I'm editing C code, and even if it compiles,
the mysterious pane is blank, but I can open an outline view window
which is being populated.  Would you like a screen shot?

--Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Jin [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: November 19, 2009 3:08 PM
To: general-ide
Subject: Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window

Are you refering to the "Outline" view. It's used to display a structure

view of the source file being edited. You can see it working when you 
open a C source code or a make file in your editor.

If the source file type does not contribute any outline then the view 
will be blank. This is the case if you edit a plain text file.

Andy Gryc wrote:
> When bringing up an editor window in the 4.6 IDE, a blank pane is
opened to the right of the text.  It clearly is associated with the
remainder of the editor windows, since it is carrying the minimize and
maximize buttons, but it is presented as a separate window, and it can't
be removed (or at least you can't slide the partition in the editor
window to shrink it to nothing).
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something quite obvious, but what is this pane
used for?
>
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>
> _______________________________________________
>
> General
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post42270
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Andy Jin(deleted)
11/19/2009 3:15 PM
post42273
Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
A screen shot helps.
Andy Gryc(deleted)
11/19/2009 3:43 PM
post42277
Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
The mystery area is in the middle, on the right-hand side of the editor window.  I've added the outline window in the 
perspective, so I know it isn't that.
Attachment: Image ide_mystery_pane.PNG 14.25 KB
Andy Jin(deleted)
11/19/2009 4:16 PM
post42280
Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
It looks like that pane belongs to the editor area. I could only think 
of one sequence of operations which could lead to this:

- Open multiple tabs in the editor, drag one tab to the right of the 
editor (but left of the Outline view) and release it so that it becomes 
a "detached" tab.
- Exit the IDE so it saves the current pane setup.
- Remove the file which the "detached" tab associated with, and restart 
the IDE
- The editor still shows the "detached" tab but the file is removed.

However in my test the "detached" tab should show some texts about the 
resource is out of the sync. It is not completely blank so I don't know 
if my operations matche your situation.

Can you do a "Reset Perspective" to fix the problem?

BTW what O.S. platform & version are you running the IDE on?
Andy Gryc(deleted)
11/19/2009 4:21 PM
post42282
RE: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
It is the editor area--if I minimize it, I lose the editor window.  And
this *is* the view I get when I do reset perspective.  I tried resetting
it first assuming I messed something up, but nothing changed and I
assumed that this was a new IDE 4.6 feature.  I don't think I detached
and removed any resources as you describe.  

OS=Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, SP3
IDE=4.6.0

What I've opened is a workspace I originally created with the 6.3.2
Momentics.  Could that be the problem?

--Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Jin [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: November 19, 2009 4:17 PM
To: general-ide
Subject: Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window

It looks like that pane belongs to the editor area. I could only think 
of one sequence of operations which could lead to this:

- Open multiple tabs in the editor, drag one tab to the right of the 
editor (but left of the Outline view) and release it so that it becomes 
a "detached" tab.
- Exit the IDE so it saves the current pane setup.
- Remove the file which the "detached" tab associated with, and restart 
the IDE
- The editor still shows the "detached" tab but the file is removed.

However in my test the "detached" tab should show some texts about the 
resource is out of the sync. It is not completely blank so I don't know 
if my operations matche your situation.

Can you do a "Reset Perspective" to fix the problem?

BTW what O.S. platform & version are you running the IDE on?




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Andy Gryc(deleted)
11/19/2009 4:35 PM
post42289
RE: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
If I open a new workspace, that pane goes away and I can't dupliate it
other than how you've desribed.  This mystery gray pane may just be a
bug introduced because I'm using an older workspace.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Jin [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com] 
Sent: November 19, 2009 4:17 PM
To: general-ide
Subject: Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window

It looks like that pane belongs to the editor area. I could only think 
of one sequence of operations which could lead to this:

- Open multiple tabs in the editor, drag one tab to the right of the 
editor (but left of the Outline view) and release it so that it becomes 
a "detached" tab.
- Exit the IDE so it saves the current pane setup.
- Remove the file which the "detached" tab associated with, and restart 
the IDE
- The editor still shows the "detached" tab but the file is removed.

However in my test the "detached" tab should show some texts about the 
resource is out of the sync. It is not completely blank so I don't know 
if my operations matche your situation.

Can you do a "Reset Perspective" to fix the problem?

BTW what O.S. platform & version are you running the IDE on?




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Elena Laskavaia
11/19/2009 7:08 PM
post42298
Re: Blank pane on right hand side of editor window   
Try "reset perspective" from Window menu. Probably leftover layout items from stuff that is no longer there.

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