The F4 Property pad and the F12 Property editor have different layouts.
So because not having these C11 pads maximised was an issue for me, I just happened to right mouse click on the title bar to see if I could get the poup menu with the window options visible (Restore, Move, Size, Minimise, Maximise & Close) to see what options are enabled. The maximise option exists even though the button doesnt so I’ve now managed to get the pads opening maximised everytime, still have to close them down everytime I go into the window designer, but at least I’ve got them maximised to the window which is more like the C6 property editor. Same for the tab order.
I’ve also discovered how I can get the mouse wheel to work in the C11 F4 property pad so it will scroll up and down, I need to click both the Catagorized & Alphabetical tool bar buttons to toggle between the two sort order views to get the mouse wheel to work. Another way that makes the mouse wheel work is to adjust the size of the bottom bit with the Actions and Embeds option on, that then makes the property scroll with the mouse wheel.
Some entries are duplicated, like justification is shown twice, the first one doesnt do anything so these entries which do nothing could have a light grey or some other colour background to indicate it doesnt do anything!
If I select 3 entry fields in the C11 window designer, press F4, I’ve just realised what its doing, its removing entries from the property pad which are different for each entry field. So rather than seeing the italic text in C6, the entries disappear in C11. Maybe keep the entries but make their backgrounds go a light grey or something to indicate they are different.
The locator in the property pad doesnt accept typing if a property pad element is not selected, ie press F4 load the property pad, type “disable” and have it work. We have to specifically click in the locator first before typing disable to get the disable option as the only option showing. If you close the property pad and then press F4 again, its still got “disable” in the locator when I would have expected it to have reset back to normal.
Dont get me wrong its flexible and powerful in that it does more than the C6 F12 property editor but its just missing a few bits of refinement or me getting used to it. It does work differently thats for sure.
Interestingly whilst I can select x+1 number of controls in the window designer, I cant multi select a number of controls from the drop down list box at the top of the property pad, I would have expected that ability.
Does anyone know if these property pads can be edited so I can customise them?
I need to go through this link Is there documentation on how to create addins for the Clarion IDE? - marketplace / Addins - ClarionHub to see what I can customise over and beyond the settings options in the IDE.
The IDE appears to be more flexible and powerful, but I need to get up and running with it quickly, and the information to do this is distributed far and wide. 