Rev Editor

Want to edit something? We can help!

Drag-n-drop your way out of relayering hell!

tRev's Object Browser will now let you:

  1. Drag an object in the Object Browser to re-layer it.
  2. Shift+drag an object to clone and relayer it.
  3. Double-click an object name in Browser to re-name it.
  4. Set the content of a label field WHILE you re-name it.

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Double-clicking has changed

To edit the name of a control listed as a line item in the Object Browser, you must double-click on the actual name of the control. Clicking anywhere else will edit the object itself.

Double-clicking the object type ("grc" for example) or a neutral area of the highlighted line (where there's no text) will result in editing the control's code. As before, depressing the shift key while double-clicking in these areas will open the object's property inspector in Rev IDE.

FIXED: Double clicking the number of lines of code in an Object Browser line item will not edit the name of the object. Instead, it will edit the code.

Use your keyboard to the max!

To edit, accept changes and navigate the Object Browser, type the following:

  • command+return to edit the name of an object if you're in browse mode.
  • command+return while editing to accept the edit and return to browse mode.
  • enter while editing to accept the edit. (cmd+return if no enter key)
  • return to accept the edit and edit the next line (if there is one).
  • down arrow to accept the edit and edit the next line.
  • up arrow to accept the edit and edit the previous line.
  • tab to accept the edit and edit the next line.
  • right arrow at the end of the edited name will accept the edit and edit next line.
  • left arrow at the beginning of the edited name will accept the edit and edit previous line.
This is one of those processes that's MUCH easier to do than to explain. Keyboarding is the only way to do re-naming en masse.

The Hat Trick

With inline editing you can name your label fields and set their content at the same time:

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Step 2:

Step 3:

Bonus: if you type shift+return to accept the edited name of any field, its new name will appear as its text content.

Why doesn't the Revolution application browser do all this?

The developers of the Rev IDE have to worry about what version of the engine you're running. This precludes using some of the newer features like the new drag and drop messages and the formattedTop property--all of which make allow us to do relayering and inline editing in tRev's Object Browser.

tRev can run the most recent engine and never worry about the IDE, since it runs in its own application partition. That means you don't have to worry about the IDE, either!

 

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Snapshots of your cards in Object Browser!

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Visualize Your Controls

  • Snaps are snapshots of cards shown in tRev's Object Browser.
  • Snaps can be turned on or off via a Column Button called Snap.
  • Snap buttons are beneath the Object Browser's Cards and Controls columns.

Get to Editing Faster

  • Click a line item in Controls to place orange rect around the control in card's Snap.
  • Click a control in a Snap and its line item in Controls list hilites.
  • Double-click any control in the Snap to edit it in tRev.
  • Hold down shift to inspect its properties in Rev.

Look, Mom—No Mouse!

  • Typing return or enter is the same as double-clicking a Snap's control.
  • Use the arrow keys to navigate the Controls list and work mouse-less.
  • Your mother will be proud. Fathers are harder to please.

Safety, Power, Convenience

  • When you click on a Snap to select a control, it cannot be moved or altered—only edited.
  • Click an invisible control in the list and you will see its rect in the Snap.
  • Click an off-screen control in the list and you will see its rect in the Snap if it's nearby.
  • Click a disabled control in the Snap and it will become selected in the list.

Gather Images for Documentation

  • Shift-click a Snap and it gets saved to your clipboard as a JPEG.
  • Entire image of the card is included with a gray 1 pixel border.
  • You'll get visual (flash) and aural (shutter sound) feedback indicating success.

Quick Keys

  • Single keystroke shortcuts for Object Browser are now called Quick Keys.
  • Quick Key for turning Snap on or off is p as in 'snap a picture' of a card.
  • Quick Key for Snap will not work unless Cards or Controls column is active.

Your Brain on Snaps

  • With Snaps you can use both sides of your brain: spatial and analytical.
  • Anecdotal evidence indicate an effect approximating hedonic hypersynchrony.

Fixed This Week

  • After cmd+f, cut, copy & paste shortcuts work in Find and Replace fields.
  • Column button Delete now actually works after its warning dialog appears.

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Save from Object Browser + Color Preference!

Save from within the Object Browser with a single keystroke...and other goodies!

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NOTE: Object Browser single keystroke shortcuts don't work if the Find Panel is visible.

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Column Buttons + Better Clairvoyance

The Object Browser is about TEN times more useful, now!

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Statistics on your code now available!

Today's video:

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The new Stats are illuminating:

You can use Stats to find out the following:

  • Am I commenting enough?
  • Do I have enough handlers to warrant a folder?
  • Do I have too many handlers in a folder to be useful?
  • How many actual lines of code do I have?

Would you like more white space in your code and object browser?

Click Plus to increase your line height!

 

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