Re: Rdi LPEX editor (workspace?)

[Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I understand you correctly, Shane: I can see what your problem is but 
I cannot suggest a solution. From my cursory investigation I don't think 
there is a setting within the Preferences. I think it might be a change 
in the way the underlying Eclipse platform works.

But first, it might be helpful to clarify terminology.

"Workspace" is a term used in RDi to mean something different. Your 
"workspace" is a manipulation of the LPEX Editor panel. Fascinating that 
you "drag and drop" instead of "double-clicking" to open a Source Member 
for edit. (Just a different way of working.)

When you say "source files" I think you mean "source members" within a 
Source File. (Or do you have a separate Source File for each program 
source code?) I cannot drag/drop an entire Source File - but I can 
drag/drop a group of selected Source Members.

Your "subgroups" are in fact multiple side-by-side Views in LPEX, 
(instead of the default  single (stacked) View).

I don't see a way to have quite the same behaviour in 9.8 as in 9.6. I 
can only suggest that once you've open the Source Member, (albeit in the 
wrong View) you simple drag the Tab to the desired View. Not a solution, 
but a workaround that may help?

Question: How do you get separate "subgroups" in 9.6 in the first place 
without dragging an existing Tab to create a new View? Am I missing a trick?

HTH,
Brian.

On 30/04/2025 16:20, Shane Reeves wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been working with Rdi 9.6 for a while now, and am setting up a new laptop that has RDi 9.8 on it.
>
> I've encountered a difference that I'm hoping is a setting, but I can't seem to find what or where it might be.
> It's kind of hard to explain without showing, so I've put some links to images of the two workspaces to help explain.
>
> 9.6
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfpRdSK7ozGcAuNPqqA_WzTDlw-cK4-s/view?usp=drive_link
>
> 9.8
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YIudJ1ZnOaeXZES7NCqWxHmZWUs4O0Cx/view?usp=drive_link
>
> In 9.6 I have a single workspace (if that is the right terminology), that I can add difference source files to.  I can drag them and create different subgroups within that single workspace to group related source files, and when I open a new source, it always adds to the group I currently have active.  Which is helpful for when working through a group of related programs
>
> In 9.8 however I can't seem to get the source files to into subgroups.  I can drag them out and create what appears to be new 'workspaces' which is close to the same functionality.  However, whenever I open a new source file, instead of going to my active group, it instead opens up over in the original workspace (1).
>
> Any ideas on how to restore that same setup in 9.8?
>
> Thanks