@developers:
often I need more than 1 source file to open and edit in RobotC (similar to Briccx or MS Word, where you can open several different docs).

One should be able to switch from one opened file to another via View/Window menu or by [ctrl][TAB].

This is needed for edit, compare, copy, and paste code from 1 file to another.

Ford & developers;

I'm using V1.17Beta and I can open multiple pages at the same time which may help you - I'm just clicking on the program shortcut again.

However, I fully agree that a tab or window dropdown menu system would be really useful - save lots of clutter!

Cheers,

Oli

The multi-tab system has been considered, but has never been implemented because of the difficulty a tab system causes for beginner users... it is very easy to get confused with the program you have opened when there are multiple tabs and instances of various programs opened.

Thank you for the feedback.

???
Just the file "in front" is the active window and thus the active program to be compiled!
What is confusing here??
In Borland Turbo Pascal/ Turbo C and even NQC, and in WORD and EXCEL you got this feature, all are suitable for beginners and for didactic use!

And let beginning users stay at that setting, if they choose. But do make Multi-Tabs available as an option setting.

And I agree, that 'the one presently in front is active' is pretty obvious. Especially since Tabs are now ubiquitous, thanks to Microsoft.

Multiple tabs are fancy, but in case of RobotC I can have only one target brick (usually). Yes I can have a bigger program consisting of a main file and a number of includes -- in which case the includes are simply opened by notepad++ and switched quickly to foreground for a second by alt/tab if needed.

Instead of adding fancy features to the gui I would be more happy to add more development resources on quick(er) bugfixes but (having spent years in sw maintenance) I also try to be patient.

hi,
Indeed, I don't think it's fancy .
I often am using header files , e.g.
#include "math+.h"
#include "RobotC+.h"
#include "navigator.h"

and it's very pedantically to close the main file, open a header file (to look for a variable definition or function interface, to copy a struccture for pasting it into the mainfile, ....), closing the file, opening the next one if you hadn't found it, closing it again, re-opening the first or another one and so on.

That's actually why...

I will honestly say to not expect this feature any time soon.

As for the issue you bring up, you can swap between includes and source in ROBOTC pretty easily:

ok, that will fit for the time.
Thank you!