How to set modality within IDE

[Sarah Reichelt]

Hi Judy,

Check out the "Suspend Development Tools" in the Development menu. It 
sounds to be exactly what you want, but you may be able to script it 
yourself to fit in better with your stacks.

Cheers,
Sarah

On 29 May 2004, at 9:01 am, Judy Perry wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After testing out my Rev Tour stack on a bunch of Master's Candidates 
> in
> Reading (well, okay, 5 or 6 of them), it became apparent that they 
> (and,
> presumably, other novice programmers) have problems with modality.
>
> That is to say, the Rev interface interferes with their ability to 
> peruse
> the stack (for instance: the IDE defaults into edit mode and so I had 
> to
> run around and reset it to browse mode).  Sometimes they would
> accidentally get themselves back into editing mode and would be 
> frustrated
> that clicking on things didn't do anything (or, at least not what they
> expected).
>
> So, here's my question:  Is there a way to turn off the tools palette,
> etc. leaving only the menu bar visible via a script, and then turn them
> back on via script when it is time for them to "peek under the hood" at
> some button script?
>
> Thanks for all the help! Acknowledgements will be found in my thesis 
> :-D
>
> Judy
>
>
>
>
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