Wish Snipplet Library Tab in IDE

JohnC

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For often-used routines, it's easy enough to put them in a global/shared module and use them in different projects.

But for all the code that needs to be in an Activity, like code in view events, it's a pain in the butt to reuse code - currently I need to:

1) Remember what project I have the desired code in
2) Launch B4x and load that project
3) Search for what activity has the code I want
4) Copy the code
5) Switch to the desired project
6) Paste the code

It would be VERY helpful if there was a new tab on the right-side explorer (where you have the "Libraries, File Manager, Modules, etc." and have it called "Snippets" and it would contain:

1) A list of all the snipplets of code I previously saved.
2) A search box so as I type characters, it will filter the list to just matching entries

Then, to add code to the snipplet library, I just need to highlight code in a code window, right click and select "Add Snipplet..". And it would pop-up a dialog in which I could specify the name for the snipplet that will then appear in the above listing tab.

Then I just need to double-click on the desired snipplet in the listing and the snipplet code would be placed in my clipboard, ready to be pasted in a code window.

Since this will add yet another tab to the bottom row of tabs, you could simply add a second row of tabs to eliminate the congestion.

B4x's purpose is to be a RAD tool - and being able to quickly insert snipplets of often used code would help reach that goal.
 
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