Clicking on the line number in the status bar might work.

Regardless, I'd like the overload of "Ctrl-G" as the "Goto" button. Maybe
preselect whatever function name the cursor is on (if any). Type a number,
it goes to that line, type a letter, it acts like the section widget.

This dialog could become more powerful too, a bit like the google bar:
- type a number, it goes to that line
- type a function name, it goes to the definition, if it's not in the
current file, it tries to find it
- type file name, it opens it
- allow user command (stuff in the toolbox)

Do smart complete, show the most likely completions, as the user types.

As it is, I almost never use the toolbox, because I have it hidden to save
real-estate. Maybe if I could access it without losing 3 inches of screen,
it would become more useful.

Maybe I'm going overboard :)

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Trent Mick <trentm@[...].com>  wrote:

>  Another option would be to make that functionality part of the goto line
>  > > command:
>  > >
>  > > Ctrl-G then if you hit a number, it's a line number, if you hit a
>  > > letter, it starts completion on function names. Only one shortcut is taken.
>  > >
>  >
>  Yah, I'd been playing with a new Go To dialog a while back that did that
>  kind of thing. This was before the "sections" functionality existed though
>  and I didn't get too far. It should be pretty easy now.
> 
>  About the Go To dialog being a modal dialog: Moving to using a textbox in
>  the statusbar (like the new sections menulist) might work. Not sure exactly
>  where it would go. I.e. should the "File Position" statusbar panel also have
>  the same textbox UI on-click that the "Sections" panel does -- because
>  clicking on the Sections panel to go to a *line* doesn't seem that
>  intuitive/natural. Perhaps either textbox would work for both behaviours.
> 
>  Trent
> 
>  --
>  Trent Mick
>  trentm at activestate.com
> 



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