Gradius
Member
As much as I like the new editor, there are still some annoying oversights with the workflow, and not all of them seem like they be at all difficult changes, so here are a few:
A. Renaming scripts is a tiny bit awkward if you don't know/use the F2 shortcut
It'd be nice to be able to double/single click the script name to rename. The old GM clearly editable textbox was very straightforward in this respect.
B. New scripts don't include the JSDOC template header
This is a minor annoyance, but if you don't remember the syntax (or can't be bothered typing it all out) it currently requires you to copy and paste it either from another script or the help page. It isn't even part of the (admittedly customisable) code snippets. Seems like it'd be easier in most cases to remove what you don't need than to add it from scratch each time.
The help document also insinuates that @function is required information. Unless you want an alternative alias for the script there's absolutely no reason to include it as the script name and @params already give all needed information and @function has no influence on auto-complete. It'd be nice if the help doc was clearer that, while it may be necessary in other languages, it is completely optional in GMS2.
C. The code snippets file is a bit of a pain to navigate to. It'd be nice if there was an IDE option to open the file.
D. It'd be nice to have code snippets in the right click menu as well, for those that dislike or struggle to remember keyboard shortcuts.
E. An option to fold curly braces so we can collapse if/while/for/repeat statements would be amazing and has been a feature I've always missed in GM. Setting up Regions creates much the same effect but requires time dedicated to setting them up. Almost every stand alone code editor includes this by standard.
A. Renaming scripts is a tiny bit awkward if you don't know/use the F2 shortcut
It'd be nice to be able to double/single click the script name to rename. The old GM clearly editable textbox was very straightforward in this respect.
B. New scripts don't include the JSDOC template header
This is a minor annoyance, but if you don't remember the syntax (or can't be bothered typing it all out) it currently requires you to copy and paste it either from another script or the help page. It isn't even part of the (admittedly customisable) code snippets. Seems like it'd be easier in most cases to remove what you don't need than to add it from scratch each time.
The help document also insinuates that @function is required information. Unless you want an alternative alias for the script there's absolutely no reason to include it as the script name and @params already give all needed information and @function has no influence on auto-complete. It'd be nice if the help doc was clearer that, while it may be necessary in other languages, it is completely optional in GMS2.
C. The code snippets file is a bit of a pain to navigate to. It'd be nice if there was an IDE option to open the file.
D. It'd be nice to have code snippets in the right click menu as well, for those that dislike or struggle to remember keyboard shortcuts.
E. An option to fold curly braces so we can collapse if/while/for/repeat statements would be amazing and has been a feature I've always missed in GM. Setting up Regions creates much the same effect but requires time dedicated to setting them up. Almost every stand alone code editor includes this by standard.
