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Scroll Code Pane 500 VII - 23 Aug 2016

by Rde (54 Submissions)
Category: VB function enhancement
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Originally Published: Tue 23^rd August 2016
Date Added: Tue 9^th February 2021
Rating: (1 Votes)

 ScrollCodePane500VIIScrollCodePane500isamusthaveAddinthatprovidesmanygreatfollowingfeatures:*Fasterscrollingthanthestandardcodepanescrollbar*Easytoselectwhenlargecodecreatestinystandardthumb*Nevererraticlikedraggingthestandardthumbtofindcode*Jumpshaftpagenotfullpagetoalwaysseewhereyouare*Easytoaccesswhenyouneeditbutstaysoutoftheway*Fullycustomizablethroughright-clickcontextmenu*Convenienttodragittowhereveryouwantit*Doesn'tmodifyyourvbmenusortoolbars 8kbziVBCrollCodePane500isahandyproductivitybooster.Evernoticethatitisdifficulttofindaparticularprocedureinalargecodemodule.Justclickingonthetinyscrollbarthumb(scrollbox)isdifficult,thendraggingthethumbtothetargetpositioniserratic,andreleasingthemouseontopofthetargetcodemaystilljumpupordownoneortwopageviewsonrelease,requiringyoutoscrolla-line-at-a-timeusingascrollarrowtofindit.Evenclickingbetweenthescrollboxandascrollarrowjumpsafullpagewhichmeansifyourtargetishalfrevealedononeclickthenanotherclickwillgotoofar,againrequiringyoutoscrolla-line-at-a-timetofindit.Thisverysimpleaddinaddressestheseissues.Nomatterhowlargeyourcodegets,thethumbwillnevergettoosmall.Draggingthethumbwillalwaysscrollthecodeatacomfortablespeedforprecisecontrol.Clickingbetweenthescrollboxandascrollarrowjumpstheviewahalfpagesoitwillalwaysendupwhereyouwanttobe.Scrollingwiththearrowsismuchfasterthantheoldone-line-at-a-time.ThisgreatfeaturecomesfromasimpleaddinthataddsnoVB-Idemenuortoolbaritems.Itdoesnotsub-classthecodewindoworcreatecustomdrawncontrols,andisbasicallyoneshorttimersubandacoupleofscrollevents.Allcodelinesaresafelyprotectedbyrigorousvalidationchecksanderrorhandlerstoensurenoexceptionscanoccur.Nowfullycustomizablethroughright-clickcontextmenu.Simplyright-clickatthetopofthescrollbartosetallrelevantproperties.Justcompiletheprojecttoautomaticallyaddtheadd-intoVB.IfyouhavecompiledapreviousversionjustcompileagainwithnoVBIDE'sopenbyselecting'Make'ontheScrollCP.vbp'sright-clickcontextmenuinexplorer.TouninstalljustdeleteScrollCP.dllandanswer'Yes'toremovetheaddinnexttimeyoustartVB.

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