Maximizing your RAD Studio 2007 experience
Here is an unpublished (and unsupported) way to add fullscreen code editor resizing support to the RAD Studio 2007 IDE :-
- Open your favourite registry hacking utility
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDS\5.0\Editor
- Create a string value and name it ‘Zoom’, with a value of either ‘Zoom’ or ‘SuperZoom’
- Restart RAD Studio, if it is running
Now if you want to maximize the code editor, simply double-click the tab for the current unit at the top of the editor.
Heres a screenshot of the IDE working in Zoom mode :-
And heres one of it working in SuperZoom mode :-
In order to toggle back to ‘normal’ mode, double-click the code editor tab again. This tip may also work with D2007 with Update 3 applied, but I’ve not tested that scenario.
Thanks to Chewy for bringing this one to my attention.
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Posted by David Clegg on September 20th, 2007 under Delphi |
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September 20th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Hey!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Sorry, Chewy. Acknowledgement added
September 20th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
> This tip may also work with D2007 with Update 3 applied
yes, it also works in D2007
September 20th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Thanks for the confirmation, Byron.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Thanks! Much better than just setting the object inspector etc to autohide!
September 21st, 2007 at 1:15 am
Great feature !
September 21st, 2007 at 1:26 am
A step in the right direction. For further improvement my entry in QC #42216, could further enhance this, right ?
Per
September 21st, 2007 at 5:27 am
It works in D2007 even without update 3 applied.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Wow, this is very usefull for small screens where I was cursing the new IDE a lot.