Bug 469002

Summary:	Bringing back inline config dialog as an option
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Jules Pénuchot <jules>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	christoph, waqar.17a
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Jules Pénuchot 2023-04-26 12:59:45 UTC

Hi,

I just noticed the inline configuration dialog was removed recently[1], I really liked this feature and wanted to know if having this behavior back as an option would be possible? It made it much easier to switch between configuration and editing as the inline dialog could stay open while editing since it didn't grab focus, which saved me a lot of time for things like working on an LSP server config or changing formatting options.

I'm really sad that feature was removed without keeping it as an option, and would love to see it back into my favorite editor.

Also can't say that enough: thanks a lot for working on Kate, it's an amazing program, with or without that feature.

Cheers!

[1]: https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1119

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2023-04-29 16:35:49 UTC

I don't think it really makes sense to have that configurable, but perhaps other devs have a different opinion.

Comment 2 Waqar Ahmed 2023-04-30 07:59:40 UTC

If it was as simple as just adding a checkbox which would change the behaviour, I'd do it in a sec, but its more complex as one needs to fix layouting issues etc when the dialog is not a dialog anymore

Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2023-05-20 19:16:18 UTC

 It is more work then a simple checkbox and I think one can live with the current state.