re: Did you know… How to scroll through results using F8

Jim McFadden — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:33:00 GMT

Sara, I love this series of cool stuff about the VS IDE. Thanks.

re: Did you know… How to scroll through results using F8

Ed — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:17:00 GMT

There's a couple usuability issues with this feature, my examples being with the Output Window (VS2003, C++):

- If you hit F8 to go to a compiler error, the keyboard focus goes to the Output Window. If the purpose of the command is to highlight the error, don't you think keyboard focus should be on the code causing the error? That way you can fix the error and continue. No, it requires you to hit Escape first, then fix it. VC6 did this correctly.

- Also, if you double click on a compiler error, it will show the text of the error in the status bar at the bottom of the VS window. If you hit F8, it *won't* show the text in the status bar. Why the discrepency? Again, this wasn't a problem in VC6. (can you tell I miss working in VC6?)

re: Did you know… How to scroll through results using F8

Sean Laberee — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:49:00 GMT

Ed,
I've verified that both of these issues are fixed on VS 2005. Hopefully, you'll be able to get a copy of Beta 2 really soon.

Sean