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

[Lakshman Prasad]

I have been using Ctrl-f12 split and un-split manually. This should be
helpful.
Is there a similar script for non-default windowing scheme. The one with
text editor separated from the tools window.

Thanks.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Wingware Support <support at wingware.com>wrote:

> 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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