I’m not sure if that is what you call it, but it needs one majorimprovement to functionality that should be easy to implement. Iam talking about the dialog you get when you hit F2.
The dialog should put the variable that I am inserting at the locationof the cursor. I am constantly making small changes where Idelete part of the expression and want to put a variable in thatplace. When I double click the variable, it puts it at the end ofthe expression. I then have to copy and paste it where I had thecursor. If I have part of the expression highlighted, it shouldreplace that highlighted text.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Michael,
You’ll be pleased to know that if you press the Insert key, instead of double-clicking the variable, it’ll have the exact behaviour you’ve requested. This is in FB 4.1 only.
(Not sure why double-click acts differently… as Tate said, we’ll look into it.)
- Angus
Hi again Michael,
I’ve just checked in some fixes so there is now parity between Insert-key and double-click insertion. It will be available in the next FB 4.1 & Automise test builds.
FWIW, I also made some improvements to the autocompletion when you’re typing variable names in the middle of the field… you should be able to type % then type the beginning of a variable, then press Insert to finish it off!
- Angus
I tried out the changes and they work great. I also tried thehitting % and start typing the variable feature. When i hitinsert, it put the variable surrounded by %. This made the finalresult %%var name%. It looks like you replaced the text I hadtyped with the correct variable, but not the %.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Another test build with no more % doubling will be out very soon.
Please let us know if you have any more suggestions for expression editing.