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dasdeck ·
hey! what about this
i you add a data type the edit fild is by default at minimum size and the focus is in the edit field.
this way you can quickly add values by for example
press f -> start typing 1.354 -> and then the data type comp is at its minimal size to show the whole value
should be easy to do!
D3CK
skOre ·
Well, but then what about the string field?
Maybe one would hold ctrl or something to directly access the data comp.
rl ·
BTW, small bug: it is still possible to enter nonsense in Int and Float fields.
dasdeck ·
skOre wrote: Well, but then what about the string field?
Maybe one would hold ctrl or something to directly access the data comp.
i dont get your question with the string field. Tha same behaveiour of course. maybe its not clear what i meant? could you be so nice and repeat waht i said in your wordsd just for me to verify you understood/I expressen mysel right!
and what about ctrl a (select all - directly acces text data comp)
skOre ·
Well, typing an f and then numbers is clearly distinguished. But if you type an s and immediately want to enter text into it, this won't work, as people sometimes want to spawn more than one data field.
So say you would want to have three strings, and the middle one to hold 'io string', then atm, you would type three s's and then enter the middle one. With your version, it wouldn't be clear if you wanted to enter text or if you wanted to have two string fiels, an input, output, a string field and an input again.
That's what I wanted to say. I don't think that this idea makes much sense in the light of quickbuttons, so we would need to have a way to distinguish this from normal typing.
dasdeck ·
ahh, now i get it!
thanks skore.
still i like my idea, of course we need an extra modifier key
rl ·
BTW: did you know you can TAB between floats and/or ints. very handy!
malc ·
Even more specifically, when you press tab it will go to the first selected edit component. So if you press 'f' then tab you'll be editing straight away. May not be exactly what you want D3CK but it may be a useful compromise.
Regarding the bug rl, are you saying that characters other than the numbers and the decimal point character should not appear in ints or floats? I take your point that you can type anything in a float or int but this is just ignored.
rl ·
well, if you have a string e.g. "23as#+@dfasdf" and connect that to a float, the float reads "23", so that's ok. I was a little surprised, I could enter that value directly into the float. But no problem, as long as SM doesn't crash 🙂
sambean ·
This is slightly on topic.. After filling in a field in the properties window I always find myself reaching for the tab to select the next field.. I always thought that it seems right to be able to do this..
Do you think this would be a good feature?
infuzion ·
sambean wrote: After filling in a field in the properties window I always find myself reaching for the tab to select the next field.. I always thought that it seems right to be able to do this. Do you think this would be a good feature?
Yes... I always meant to suggest this, but never got around to it, though it was in mind w/my priority list thread
dasdeck ·
hey thanks for the tab tip malc (in then manual? 😊 )
D3CK
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