New feature text map

11111 · Post by **11111** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:36 am

As you know, there are few text editors with "content-map" feature.

For example: "sublime text", "Notepad++",
"EditBone", "Parnassus navigator (RAD Studio IDE plugin)" and others ...

I think it will be nice feature for TRichView ...

Post by **Sergey Tkachenko** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:26 am

How should it look like?

11111 · Post by **11111** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:20 am

here is how its look like in Parnassus Navigator plugin

Here for sublime text

Edit bone text editor (open source Delphi)

Notepad ++

Post by **Sergey Tkachenko** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:42 am

Ok, I understand, thank you.
It's not a trivial thing, the main problem is updating this window efficiently without redrawing the whole thing on each editing.
Probably, we will implement it in future, but not in very near future.

11111 · Post by **11111** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:41 pm

Probably, we will implement it in future, but not in very near future.

Good to hear it. ))

Also, I want to say that in most editors this map is represented like scrolling alternative only, but in
parnassus plugin it has feature to preview code part in large hint by pointing mouse. how you can see this from the sceenshot.