[Eric] Project viewer synch without jumps

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2008, Shai Berger wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> This is my first posting here. I like eric4 a lot, but I also have a
> suggestion for improvement.
>
> In the version I work with, 4.1.1 from Ubuntu, when we turn on "Highlight
> file of current editor" (in Project->Project Viewer), we get the nice
> feature that the project viewer is synched with the editor. However, this
> has a nasty side effect: The selected file is brought to the top of the
> project viewer (if the tree after it is long enough to fill the project
> viewer pane). This in itself would not be nasty if it only happened in
> response to switching tabs, but it also happens when the file is selected
> from the project viewer; the result is that when you double-click a file in
> the project viewer, it sometimes "runs away". I suppose I could get used to
> it always running to the top, but it doesn't; and quite often I find myself
> opening a file, then wanting to open another in its package -- and you can
> guess, it's not where I'm looking at on the screen.
>
> Is it possible to avoid moving the selected file to the top when it is
> already visible? At least when the file selection is done in the project
> viewer?

Hi,

Qt is a bit week in this respect. I don't know of a way to achieve this.

>
> I hope this is clear enough, I hope it can be done, and I hope any response
> will CC me as I am not currently on the list.
>
> Thanks,
> Shai.
>
>
>
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