Your reason for not switching to the 2.x IDE? Or, why I went back to 1.8.x First, thanks to the dev team for 2.x It has some really cool features that are helpful. however, but, yeah, though.... I just went back to 1.8.x I'm curious about why other people rather stick with the 1.8.x I just trie…

-no portable mode. this is no go for lots of people -no separate or movable/dockable to right serial monitor/plotter -not look easy for beginners. 1.x is simple and not scary for beginners, childs. it's designed for pros. i love, but student not.

[image] zwieblum: why is there that naging "cloud" icon? I don't want any "cloud" on my dev. I'll provide instructions you can follow to disable the optional Arduino Cloud sketchbook integration feature , which will also remove the related elements from the Arduino IDE UI: Press the Ctrl+Shi…

[image] ptillisch: A quick look at the activity in the repository should tell you that is not true. A very pretty graph that I am sure proves something, but what we are not seeing is improvements/fixes in very obvious areas such as a separate Serial monitor window and a portable mode What is…

@colors : a "theme" is not a color settings dialog. You are always stuck with whatever genius designer decided would be best for you. Nowadays that translates to low contrast wishiwashy colors. And no, makeing the user scroll through thousands of themes is not a sane solution. @fonts: this does not…

[image] UKHeliBob: I cannot remember seeing any reports of incompatibility with older sketches or older hardware. Pretty sure I've seen some. But I think they're more about incompatibilities of default library versions - rather than the IDE itself? EDIT A recent "IDE 2 broke my project" th…

[image] zwieblum: You are always stuck with whatever genius designer decided would be best for you. Feel free to create your own theme then. There is some information about that here: [image] Personal themes IDE 2.x Hi @F6EEQ . Arduino IDE 2.x uses a com…

[image] ptillisch: Feel free to create your own theme then. I did for 1.8. I see no reason to do that for 2.x - as said, 2.x is sloooow - so I'll most likely not using it for anytime soon. And besides that, a theme is no color change dialog where you can, well, change colors quickly. Which is…

[image] ptillisch: but unfortunately not yet for ESP32 yep. my problem right there :slight_smile: [image] ptillisch: The bottom panel that is the container for these can be closed by clicking the icon at the right side of the status bar: [image] I don't have that bottom bar on macOS…

[image] J-M-L: I don't have that bottom bar on macOS ➜ how do I get it ? I am on windows but I think it will be the same. As in post #24, type "status" in step 3 and then ensure the tick box next to "Workbench › Status Bar: Visible" is ticked.

[image] Willem43: As in post #24, type "status" in step 3 and then ensure the tick box next to "Workbench › Status Bar: Visible" is ticked. good that worked PS: it's weird it's not next to the other buttons like the Serial monitor or plotter at the top, would save real estate as I'm not inte…

Your reason for not switching to the 2.x IDE ?

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ptillisch October 9, 2023, 8:35am 28

Feel free to create your own theme then. There is some information about that here:

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Your reason for not switching to the 2.x IDE ?

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