Support missing for Serial Monitor

ullix · May 18, 2021, 11:42am

Using 2.0Beta7

The Serial Monitor window does not allow to do what one expects.

Reference: the Output window: a right-click allows to copy/copy all/ clear and other. Also, a CTRL-A marks everything in Output, and CTRL-C allows to copy it.

Within Serial Monitor (SM):

a right-click does nothing.
a CTRL-A marks nothing in the SM, it rather marks everything in the active code window
a CTRL-C copies everything in the SM currently marked, PROVIDED you can enter CTRL-C fast enough before the next update of SM, because that unmarks everything.

This makes it hard to impossible to use the SM text for a deeper analysis.

What should happen: SM should behave as the same as Output window

Edit: Output has an option to "Turn Auto Scrolling Off". SM needs the same option

pert · May 18, 2021, 3:56pm

Hi @ullix. Thanks so much for your valuable feedblack

There is a plan for fixing the output copying functionality of Serial Monitor here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

Replace the serial monitor view with a monaco editor

opened 11:02AM - 28 Jul 20 UTC

kittaakos

type: enhancement topic: code topic: serial monitor

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** A clear and …concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] `monaco-editor`: https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor This is exactly the same task we did for the _Output_ view in Theia: https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/7570 - It should improve performance in general as the underlying content is wrapped into a `monaco.editor.ITextModel`. The logic that handles the UI update would be exactly the same as in VS Code; it's not that bad 😄 - It should align the look and feel all over the application. - We get copy/paste/find/select-all for the _Serial Monitor_ for free. **Describe the solution you'd like** A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. **Describe alternatives you've considered** A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

The button that looks like two downward pointing carats controls auto-scroll.

ullix · May 18, 2021, 5:09pm

Ok, looking forward to the new Serial Monitor!

And while replacing the monitor, please also look for consistency in icons, symbols and other visuals:

In "Output" the Autoscrolling ON/OFF is a padlock in locked/unlocked state.
In "Serial Monitor" the same function has "looks like two downward pointing carats". This reminds more of a drop-down something.

But whatever, as long as it is used consistently.

pert · May 18, 2021, 5:16pm

I agree fully. Because the Arduino IDE is intended to help make embedded systems accessible to everyone, this sort of thing is far more important than it is for IDEs targeted solely to professionals. I think it's likely there will be a complete reworking of the Serial Monitor UI during https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/105.

system · September 15, 2021, 5:17pm

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