June 2009 Blog Posts
So, this should all be so smart, well… maybe not completely, but at least it is close to ok… Well in fact I am impressed, a lot, problem is that while I’m here, writing this post, this interface is just a bit bloated, and when I say a bit, I mean WTF do they think I’m F****** blind? So i am desperately looking for the “Zoom” function, which seems to only exist in my head, because it definitely seems to be missing from the application. But all in all, this is just...
So the standard ListView located in the .NET Framework bothered me quite a lot yesterday.
We are using the ListView on a project to display a range of items that can be edited, when the user selects an item, the content of the item is shown on a pane to the right, he can then "unlock" it and make changes, but during this, if he decides to select another element in the list, we wanted to give him a dialog warning him about that his action would leave unsaved changes, and then give him 3 options.
Save changes....
I have finally managed to add something to the centre of my tattoo drawing, instead of having 3 circles to fill, I now have one, and this should certainly make things a bit easier.
The 3 circles are still there more or less, hopefully they will get more feint as I progress, but the points where they overlapped now works as 3 points holding the centre circle in place.
Lately I have used a lot of time focusing on my "Tattoo" project, but I haven't forgot about my Profile Manager for Visual Studio 2008, in fact it is undergoing a complete re-design, adding some new features as well.
Basically, before a Profile was considered to be the Layout of the editors, tool windows ect. This will all change. Instead a profile will be a set of Layouts, Contexts, Colour schemes and possibly more.
Profiles
Just as before, a profile can be activated from the "Profiles" menu, but this does not mean that it applies a new layout anymore. It is very possible that...