Discussion:
Creator "restart' button please!
Jason H
2010-11-21 00:56:45 UTC
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You have "stop" and "run" buttons on the bar, but I would really appreciate a
restart button.

This is particularly handy, when I am tweaking some QML.
And, when using QML viewer (and possibly any other app) , please have it NOT ask
if it should force the quit.

Or, even better - have it check for changes to any QML file it is using and have
it automatically reload. The F5 manual reload is nice, but I am hoping to speed
development...

Thanks
Kai Koehne
2010-11-22 14:56:03 UTC
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Hi,
Post by Jason H
You have "stop" and "run" buttons on the bar, but I would really appreciate a
restart button.
It also happens to me that I end up with gazillions of qmlviewer
instances. However, I was thinking more along the lines of killing the
old instance when launching a new one with "Ctrl+R". This way it
wouldn't be yet another button / shortcut to remember.
Post by Jason H
This is particularly handy, when I am tweaking some QML.
And, when using QML viewer (and possibly any other app) , please have it NOT ask
if it should force the quit.
Yeah, other complained about this before, too :) But there are also some
people defending the message box, preventing them from loosing their
carefully set up running app. I think we have yet to reach consensus on
this one ...
Post by Jason H
Or, even better - have it check for changes to any QML file it is using and have
it automatically reload. The F5 manual reload is nice, but I am hoping to speed
development...
When you're debugging qml you can actually make small fixes to your .qml
file, while it's running! Just hit "Save" while debugging. This works
also for mixed C++/Qml applications, and not only qmlviewer. The feature
is still somewhat in its infancy in 2.1, but I have high hopes we can
make this a killer feature in future versions.
Post by Jason H
Thanks
Thank you for the feedback! Btw, since I saw you also cross-posted to
qt-interest@: The best place to discuss issues like these in QtCreator
is either qt-***@trolltech.com, or bugreports.qt.nokia.com.

Regards

Kai Koehne
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Joerg Bornemann
2010-11-23 07:51:15 UTC
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Post by Kai Koehne
It also happens to me that I end up with gazillions of qmlviewer
instances. However, I was thinking more along the lines of killing the
old instance when launching a new one with "Ctrl+R". This way it
wouldn't be yet another button / shortcut to remember.
I second this! This would be a very sane behaviour or let's say this
would be the behaviour I would expect. :)
Post by Kai Koehne
Post by Jason H
This is particularly handy, when I am tweaking some QML.
And, when using QML viewer (and possibly any other app) , please have it NOT ask
if it should force the quit.
Yeah, other complained about this before, too :) But there are also some
people defending the message box, preventing them from loosing their
carefully set up running app. I think we have yet to reach consensus on
this one ...
There's a simple solution: have a message box with a checkbox "remember
my choice".


BR,

Jörg
Jason H
2010-11-30 17:26:56 UTC
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Feel free to vote for it!

http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-3248




----- Original Message ----
From: Joerg Bornemann <***@nokia.com>
To: qt4-preview-***@trolltech.com
Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 2:51:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Qt4-preview-feedback] Creator "restart' button please!
Post by Kai Koehne
It also happens to me that I end up with gazillions of qmlviewer
instances. However, I was thinking more along the lines of killing the
old instance when launching a new one with "Ctrl+R". This way it
wouldn't be yet another button / shortcut to remember.
I second this! This would be a very sane behaviour or let's say this
would be the behaviour I would expect. :)
Post by Kai Koehne
Post by Jason H
This is particularly handy, when I am tweaking some QML.
And, when using QML viewer (and possibly any other app) , please have it NOT ask
if it should force the quit.
Yeah, other complained about this before, too :) But there are also some
people defending the message box, preventing them from loosing their
carefully set up running app. I think we have yet to reach consensus on
this one ...
There's a simple solution: have a message box with a checkbox "remember
my choice".


BR,

Jörg

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