open help window the same state/position as last time

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open help window the same state/position as last time

Post by nalor »

Hi!

It's just a small wish, but something that bothers me every time I'm using Pb as I'm always using the included help...

When the help window opens, it's not maximized and always a little bit off-screen.. so my first step is always to maximize it to get everything into view.
Maybe it's possible to store it's last position and reopen it at the same position the next time?

So when I maximize the help window, close it and open it again - it should open as maximized as it was before, this would be great :)

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Post by davido »

@nalor: Thank you for your suggestion.

I've always wished that if would be nice to be able to specify, in preferences, the window width on opening tools.

For instance:

Procedure window - narrow
Help window - very wide.

Etc. etc.
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Post by PB »

Totally agree with the first post. Always have to maximize the Help,
despite the Preferences settings for it. I even reported it before. ;)
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Post by Tenaja »

+1 for this, too.

...and add to it to save the debug Variables splitter position.
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Post by ts-soft »

On windows this is managed by windows-helpsystem and not by PB.
My help comes always in last dimension on last place.
Only maximized is ignored, but the dimension is from full screen.
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Re: open help window the same state/position as last time

Post by PB »

The IDE could easily do a #SW_MAXIMIZE to the Help window after displaying it.
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