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tab title restriction hurts Komodo's usability for Django projects

Posted by tclineks on 2008-04-28 21:03
Forums: Komodo discussion | OS: All / Any

A typical Django project will often have several files named 'models.py' and 'views.py'.

I started looking at what it would mean to set the view titles to '(parentdir)/(baseName)' but since koIView's title attribute is readonly this isn't possible.

Any chance this could be opened up so macros can modify view titles?

Changing the title label behavior
shanec
ActiveState Staff
Tue, 2008-04-29 09:59

Here's a quick solution. Create a macro that has a startup trigger. Enter the following JS.

try {
var vm = ko.views.manager.topView;
var box = document.getAnonymousNodes(vm)[0];

// get the views-tabbed elements
var tabset1 = box.firstChild;
var tabset2 = box.lastChild;

// replace the updateLeafName implementation to use something different
// for the tab label
tabset1.updateLeafName =
tabset2.updateLeafName = function(view) {
    view.parentNode._tab.label = view.title;
    if (view.document) {
        view.parentNode._tab.setAttribute('crop', 'start');
        view.parentNode._tab.label = view.document.displayPath;
        view.parentNode._tab.setAttribute('tooltiptext',view.document.displayPath);
        this.tabbox.firstChild.scrollBoxObject.ensureElementIsVisible(this.tabbox.firstChild.selectedItem);
    }
}

// the "on startup" trigger happens after files
// are opened, so we need to call updateLeafName
// for each opened view.  Files opened after startup
// will be fine
var views = ko.views.manager.topView.getViews(true);
for (var i=0; i < views.length; i++) {
    if (views[i].document)
        views[i].updateLeafName(views[i]);
}

} catch(e) {
    alert(e);
}

Updated macro
tclineks | Wed, 2008-04-30 08:55

Perfect, thanks Shane. I've posted an updated version that only shows the parent directory and the filename (and only for python files) here: http://dpaste.com/hold/47625/