Upon attempting to load a binary file, the IDE will detect that the file type is a QuickBASIC 4.5 binary file and offer to convert it to plain text using qarnos's QB45BIN utility.
- Disable resizing when the help system is open and when dialogs are displayed.
- Minor fix to multi-highlighting to also allow it to hightlight instances of the same text seleted in the current line.
When a a single-line selection is made, every instance of the same "word" on the current screen gets highlighted. Can be disabled in Options->IDE colors.
Also:
- Revamp _ICON so it'll use the embed icon if it's called without parameters. The default QB64 icon is still used otherwise.
- Fix "Creating .EXE..." being printed in the wrong coordinates (IDE)
- Fix the new error message (when Debug is <> 0) so it'll show properly when compiling with -x.
When the cursor is on a an open "(" or closing ")" bracket, the matching pair, to the left or right, will be highlighted (as seen in modern IDEs, like https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/zainnab/2010/09/07/automatic-delimiter-highlighting/)
Also:
- Overall visual adjustments.
- Improved IDE Colors dialog (Options menu), which includes an option to disable bracket highlighting.
- Adds Ctrl+S as a shortcut for File->Save.
- Displays an * on the filename in the title bar below the menu bar when the source has been edited.
- Fixes an old bug that would color strings incorrectly when the source view was scrolled to the right.
- Enables block indent functionality in the Edit menu even when autoindent is on.
- Allows the View SUBs dialog (F2) to be invoked while focus is on the quick search bar.
Block indentation is now allowed even with auto-indentation is on. A bit useless at first, as the IDE will override any custom indentation attempt while ideautoindent is on, but at least now TAB doesn't inadvertedly delete selection contents anymore.
Expand cursor behavior to work even when auto layout/indentation are active, so that edition feels more natural.
Also:
- Improved cursor behavior when using backspace to collapse a line into the previous one (check out code comments for easier understanding).
Uses _PALETTECOLOR to change the background of the IDE to a darker shade while external compilation is taking place, to give a sense of temporary unavailability.
Also:
- Improved messagebox (allows multiline messages with CHR$(10) terminated lines.
- Fixed a minor bug that could be triggered by right-clicking a selection that contained only sigils.
Upon hovering the Back button right below the menu bar, the next QuickNav location will be shown as "back to line ##".
Also:
- Fix label color in the "Google Android" dialog.
- Fix a bug that could occur when invoking the contextual menu with an empty selection.
- Relocate Undo/Redo to the top of the Edit menu.
Upon entering any _RGB statement, the IDE will offer to launch the mixer dialog, which can be done by hitting Shift+ENTER. Right-clicking existing statements allows triggering the mixer dialog from the contextual menu.
(Windows only for now)
When active, this new setting will instruct the compiler to save the .EXE in the same folder as the source file. If the current program is not yet saved, the .EXE is placed in the same folder as QB64.EXE, as usual.
Also:
- When "Make EXE only (F11)" is used, the status area will show "Location: " and a link to the folder where the .EXE was saved. Clicking it launches Windows Explorer.
When auto indent is turned off in Options->Code Layout, hitting ENTER to create a new line will cause the cursor to be aligned with the previous line start, making it easier to manually indent code.
Also:
- Hitting backspace when there's no text before the cursor will also cause it to jump back following the tab spacing set in the Code Layout dialog.
The setting to place the cursor after the pasted contents is now observed in textboxes (dialog boxes) and also in the quick search field.
Also:
- Textboxes are now always selected upon receiving focus in dialog boxes, in order to mimic modern OS's behavior.
The only indication that the program was being compiled was the "..." on the status area. Now, if you hit F5 (or F11) and your program is still being compiled to C++, you will see a progress indicator on the bottom status line.
Also:
- Display "Start typing to search for text in this help page" upon invoking the help system (the search functionality is already built-in).
Default behavior (which mimics Qbasic) is to keep the cursor in place even after pasting from the clipboard. This new option alters such behavior to act as modern systems, placing the cursor after the pasted content.
Also:
- Add visual indication that mouse buttons have been swapped (Options menu);
- Allows opening menus with a right-click (in case you forget you swapped mouse buttons);
- Minor tweaks to Code layout dialog box.
Previously, upon clicking the Quick Navigation button, the IDE could accidentally select all lines between the current and the destination line. Such behaviour has been fixed.
After using any Quick Navigation method (Search > Goto line, Right-click > Goto SUB/FUNCTION or Goto label, Bookmark navigation, SUB/FUNCTION selection box), a left facing arrow will show right under the File menu, allowing to browse to where you were before navigation.
ALSO:
- "Goto line" dialog box now remembers the last line number that was input.
Since _SCREENHIDE doesn't currently work on Linux, alterations were made
to the auto-position routine to keep the IDE from storing screen
positions when minimized and closed that would make it reopen off-screen
and impossible to move/position.
When two 'Go to...' are shown (when label and procedure share the same name), the item that goes to procedure will have G highlighted and the item that goes to a label will have L highlighted.
If a user right-clicks a SUB/FUNCTION name or a label name anywhere in the code, the contextual menu now offers to jump to the line where such procedure/label is defined, providing a quick way to navigate through code. Even if there are multiple identical labels in different procedures, scope is taken into consideration, leading you to the definition that's located inside the current procedure.
- Available only when auto indent is turned off (Options/Code layout).
- Also available from Edit menu and contextual right-click menu.
Known issue: When auto spacing is on, if you try to indent the first line the file, it is immediately repositioned at the start of the line. Only happens to the first line.
- Menu items starting with a tilde ("~") are displayed with COLOR 8 and without hotkeys highlighted. Clicking on them does nothing, but closes the menu.
- Edit menu is now context-aware. Cut, copy and clear are only enabled if there is a selection. Paste is only enabled if _CLIPBOARD$ is not empty.
- Fix updating the display after selecting an item in search history.
- Add the ability to click the search field and unselect/position the cursor (overrides previous double-click to erase behavior).
- Place cursor inside the help window when it's first invoked (allows for quick peek and ESC to close the help window).
- Allow ESC to close the dialog (named "Which?"), used to clarify the help context.
- Allow CTRL+UP or DOWN to scroll the window by one line at a time, without moving the cursor.
- Fix quick link feature (F2) to recognize FUNCTION names ending with single or multiple sigils.
- Fix external procedures being considered local and placed in front of program name.
- Allow the spacebar to work like ENTER when a button has focus.
- Improve textbox behavior: allow selection, delete selection, replace selection when typing.
- Preselect textbox contents if it's preset when dialog is invoked (Save as, Find and Change dialogs)
- Fix: an asterisk sign will be only added to the valid searchable characters in a listbox if the user is explicitly searching for it.
- Move the quick search field to the status area.
- Add Ctrl+F to set focus to quick search field.
- Add Ctrl+F3 shortcut to invoke the Find dialog.
- Add Alt+UP or DOWN to invoke the recent searches dropdown list, if the focus is on the quick search field.
- Show a contextual menu upon right-clicking on the text area. Includes the Edit menu options as well as contextual search and help.
- Add hovering to menus items.
- Adjust case of menu items (CTRL and Ctrl were being used interchangeably without a pattern).
A quick current SUB/FUNCTION check was added to complement the program title with a colon and said SUB/FUNCTION name, exactly like it was done in QB4.5, for quick reference. Doesn't add much of a burden to the overall performance since FUNCTION ide2 already updates the main window title every main LOOP anyway.
