Glyphs inside spans - SyntaxEditor for Windows Forms Forum

Posted 19 years ago by Gareth - Director, Slyce Software Limited

Is it possible to add hovering glyphs to a span? What I want to do is have a small toolbox with commands in the upper right corner of specific spans, so that actions can be placed at the point of use. These would be user-definable, such as a little icon for 'delete', one for 'copy' etc. I doubt this functionality exists, but it would be so useful. Nice to have features would be to make them visible when the particular region is moused-over, and hidden otherwise. It would be good to be able to specify location, such as top-right, bottom-right etc, and whether they should be placed on the first or last full line of the span if possible.

Kind regards,
Gareth.

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Posted 19 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Hi Gareth,

Do you mean a feature like "smart tags" in Word where after certain actions an icon can appear and if you hover over it and click it, a menu of options drops down?

Actipro Software Support

Posted 19 years ago by Gareth - Director, Slyce Software Limited

Yes, exactly. I am looking for a slightly more general form of "smart tags", that apply to an entire span, not just individual words or phrases. I need to be able to perform some actions on entire spans.

Thanks,
Gareth.

Posted 19 years ago by Boyd - Sr. Software Developer, Patterson Consulting, LLC

I'll back up Gareth in saying this would be a great feature.

Posted 19 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA

Thanks guys, I'll add it to the TODO list.

Actipro Software Support

Posted 19 years ago by Gareth - Director, Slyce Software Limited

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing it!

Cheers,
Gareth.

The latest build of this product (v24.1.1) was released 4 months ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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