[wingide-users] script to toggle vertical tools <=> editor split

[Wingware Support]

Jonathan March wrote:
> Since I still have only one monitor, I have found myself going back and 
> forth between a left-right editor split, and a single editor panel with 
> the vertical tools panel, using 3 different key bindings. The following 
> script defines a new command vertical-toggle, to do this. It can be 
> bound to a single key.
> 
> import wingapi
> 
> def vertical_toggle():
>     'toggle: left-right editor split, vs one editor plus vertical tools'
>     # If editor is split, unsplit it and show the vertical tools panel.
>     # Otherwise, hide the vertical tools and split the editor left-right
>     # Assumes default windowing policy (combined toolbox & editor windows.)
>     app = wingapi.gApplication
>     app.ExecuteCommand('focus-current-editor')
>     state = app.GetVisualState(style='tools-and-editors')
>     ed_states = state['windows'][0]['view']['primary_view_state']\
>               ['primary_view_state']['editor_states']
>     split = not isinstance(ed_states,dict)
>     if split:
>         app.ExecuteCommand('unsplit', action='current')
>         app.ExecuteCommand('show-vertical-tools')
>     else:
>         app.ExecuteCommand('hide-vertical-tools')
>         app.ExecuteCommand('split-horizontally')

Here's a simpler version that doesn't depend on the internals of the states
(which may change over time, albeit in a semi-controlled way):

def toggle_vertical_split():
     """If editor is split, unsplit it and show the vertical tools panel.
     Otherwise, hide the vertical tools and split the editor left-right
     Assumes default windowing policy (combined toolbox & editor windows).
     Thanks to Jonathan March for this script."""
     app = wingapi.gApplication
     app.ExecuteCommand('focus-current-editor')
     if app.CommandAvailable('unsplit'):
         app.ExecuteCommand('unsplit', action='current')
         app.ExecuteCommand('show-vertical-tools')
     else:
         app.ExecuteCommand('hide-vertical-tools')
         app.ExecuteCommand('split-horizontally')

I've added this to our scripts/editor_extensions.py example file, with
Jonathan's permission, but figured I'd follow up here also.

Thanks!

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Stephan Deibel
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