R: Road to solve the delay on the Arduino IDE

Cannikin · September 25, 2013, 9:34pm

Speaking of an updated IDE, I just opened a ticket over the GitHub repo with a new proposed design and some missing features:

github.com/arduino/Arduino

New interface design (with pictures!)

opened 09:25PM - 25 Sep 13 UTC

closed 02:01PM - 26 May 15 UTC

cannikin

Component: IDE

Hey guys, I've been working with the IDE now since version 0009 I believe. I fi…nally sat down and sketched out what I think would be a beautiful overhaul to the UI for our favorite IDE. ![arduino_ide](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/300/1213285/a5d8c9ae-2626-11e3-853d-05b692f3839d.png) The biggest change would be to the **editor** itself. Right now I always use an external editor and it's really only to get some pretty basic functionality which would now be included right in the Arduino IDE itself: - Line numbers (with an option to show/hide) - Code folding - Typeface update to antialiased Menlo (on the Mac) or Consolas (on Windows) - Change your code coloring theme (screenshot uses Twilight) including swapping the white/black background There's the addition of a **drawer** on the left that contains all of your Sketchbook files as well as examples and library code (all of which are expandable/collapsable). The drawer can be resized or hidden completely. A **search bar** at the upper-right. By default it would search the file you're currently editing but would have a little dropdown of options for searching all open tabs or all files in the Sketchbook (or examples or libraries). The **terminal** is now aliased Monaco (Mac) or Courier New (Windows). The terminal can be resized or hidden completely (running a Verify or Upload always opens it again). Board and port are persisted in the footer. I haven't sketched up what the serial monitor could look like yet. Assuming this ticket doesn't immediately get closed with a "you suck" message, I can add one soon. :) Granted this design is 100% Mac focused. I'd be happy to do one that fits with the Windows Metro theme and a Gnome/KDE version as well. I love the Arduino and the existing IDE is one of the things that makes it such a pleasure to work with. I'd just like to refresh the frame a little bit while keeping that wonderful core functionality alive and well!

Rob

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