Question regarding Resource Editor in VC++ 2008

[Zaph-0]

Hi guys,

I upgraded from vc++ 6.0 to vc 2008 and noticed that when I select several controls in the resource editor it always selects the group boxes around it as well.

I find that behavior very annoying because I do alot of selecting and deselecting (because of that) and would like to know if there is a way to turn that off.

[hoxsiew]

I didn't know VC 6.0 was different. I just un-select the group box with SHIFT+Left-Click.

[Zaph-0]

I didn't know VC 6.0 was different. I just un-select the group box with SHIFT+Left-Click.

Hi,

I know that I can unselect the group boxes but the problem is that I have to do that all the time and many times I have unselect several boxes and they are not that easy to click.

There has to be a way to handle this because this is just plain stupid. I cannot continue making all the gui-designs in vc 6.0 and then import them to 2008. That totally ruins my workflow. And continuing with 2008 as it is is driving me nuts. So many wasted clicks and time only because of this retarded 'feature'...

There must be a solution to this. If someone knows it, please tell me...

[OReubens]

There isn't a way afaik.
The way the editor works is that if you select an area on the editor, any controls that overlap with this area get selected. It doesn't matter that the control VISUALLY is only a border.

[Mike Harnad]

I don't know if this will help, but, I'm guessing that the tab order of the controls is probably the casue of this. As an experiment, you might want to try ensuring that the group boxes are before the control in the tab order. This may help your inital problem, but, cause other display issues at run time.

[Zaph-0]

I don't know if this will help, but, I'm guessing that the tab order of the controls is probably the casue of this. As an experiment, you might want to try ensuring that the group boxes are before the control in the tab order. This may help your inital problem, but, cause other display issues at run time.

Thanks for your reply, but I tried it an the tab order doesn't seem to influence the problem.

[Zaph-0]

There isn't a way afaik.

That really sucks, back to visual C++ 6.0 then it is.

The way the editor works is that if you select an area on the editor, any controls that overlap with this area get selected. It doesn't matter that the control VISUALLY is only a border.

This is completely retarded. It used to be that you have to select the whole control for it to become selected instead of just overlapping it which makes it really annoying and very unproductive to work with.

Did this behaviour maybe revert in vs 2010 ?

[hoxsiew]

Nope. You're the only one I've ever heard complain about it. For VS2010, you'll forget all about this after waiting forever for the IDE to load (and the hideous color combinations).

[Zaph-0]

Nope. You're the only one I've ever heard complain about it.

Well, I guess everybody who wants to do some serious developing is still using vc++ 6.0. After switching back to it I am seriously wondering why they made the usage so unprofessional and complicated in the newer versions.

For VS2010, you'll forget all about this after waiting forever for the IDE to load (and the hideous color combinations).

Lol, so you mean they made it overall so bad that the other things look like minor problems in comparison ?

I already thought about giving it a go but I think I'd rather stick to the old adage "never change a running system"...