Kudos and a suggestion

[weshowe]

First, I have uninstalled to old 1.8 (whatever) IDE because 2.0 (rc5) works well.
I have used many C/C++ tools, and I like the 2.0 editor capabilities, until I wanted to add a .h file to my project. I ended up with a save of my currentmyProject.h folder.
There is an easy fix, of course, close the IDE, create a .h file in Notepad++ and place it on the folder, then open the project again.
I seems to me this would utterly confound a new programmer, and be hard to support.
Perhaps you could add a way to create a new file by hooking the capability to the ellipsis in the sketchbook view when "show files in sketches" is optioned.
My $0.02 worth!

[ptillisch]

Hi @weshowe. Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad to hear you are using the Arduino IDE 2.0.0 release candidate.

@weshowe

I wanted to add a .h file to my project

You can do that the same way as in Arduino IDE 1.8:

1. Click the ▼ button on the right side of the editor toolbar.
2. Select "New Tab" from the menu.
3. In the "Name for new file" field, type the desired file name (e.g., myHeader.h).
4. Click the OK button.

The files of the sketch are represented as tabs in the Arduino IDE editor, so when you add a tab, you add a file to the sketch folder.

[weshowe]

Hey, thanks. I does work, and greatly simplified things.
Maybe that gadget might instead look like a + in the sketch folder view.
But then I am not doing the work, so if that stays, my suggestion is the old "half of one, six dozen of the other" blather!
Keep chucking away there, the output code has been 100% reliable here. That is Job #1.