Is-situ editing

In-situ editing, or the ability to edit component properties in the location where the component is located has been added to Kalideoscope v3.0.

As the mouse is moved over a component a translucent property sheet is displayed next to the component. The property sheet can be used purely for information purposes or to modify the properties of a component. The in-situ editing operates in a number of modes, one with a full property sheet, a second minimal mode, and a third mode with showing selected property values. These modes are shown below. Clicking on these hints in minimal or hint mode gives access to a single property editor for that property.

1 Full in-situ property editing


2 Hint mode in-situ property editing


3 Minimal mode in-situ property editing


4 Edit mode for hint and minimal in-situ property editing


In minimal and hint mode only selected properties are shown (later we may make this user configurable). The properties are:

N: Name
T: Text or the component caption
S: Style name
D: Data binding path
E: Event handler
V: Validation rule

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Now, if we can get this to work in debug mode, while running an application, it will be sweet!

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