[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53046] Variable Editor: feature request to make multiple tables visible at once.

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #22, bug #53046 (project octave):

I tried it - nice!

Something that worked previously but doesn't work here (yet?) is opening
nested arrays in a new tab.

Try:
a = num2cell (rand (3));
a{2, 3} = rand (2);
openvar ('a')

... and then double-click cell a(3, 2) => nothing happens.

A really good enhancement would be to be able to have multiple floating
(undocked) variable editor panes. 
That does work (somewhat) but quite fragile. When I pull a second  variable's
'tab"/pane from the (undocked) variable editor to the desktop it looses focus
after a second (I have "Focus follows mouse' set) and disappears completely,
even parts that weren't covered by windows that overlap it partly (see
pictures bug53046_Vared_1_PRN.png (focus on VE) and bug53046_Vared_2_PRN.png
(focus elsewhere)). 
Clicking on the taskbar Variable Editor icon makes the child tab appear for a
while; in fact the parent VarEd window and all its child windows get focus and
moves to the foreground. Once that VE window loses focus all its children
again disappear from sight.


(file #43333, file #43334)
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