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Lazarus IDE has the feature called "Overview gutter". It is the thin vertical bar near the vertical scrollbar of the source editor. It can be enabled/disabled in the IDE Options dialog: "Editor / Display / Show overview gutter" checkbox.
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The Lazarus IDE has an optional file overview feature called an "overview gutter". This gutter is the thin vertical bar adjacent to the source editor's vertical scrollbar. You can show or hide the overview gutter via the "Show overview gutter" checkbox found on the IDE Options dialog's Editor / Display page (the fourth checkbox in the "Margin and gutter" groupbox).
  
 
[[File:ide-overview-gutter.png]]
 
[[File:ide-overview-gutter.png]]
  
Bar shows:
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When editing Pascal files the overview gutter shows a compressed summary of line and unit information:
  
 
* modified lines: green/yellow
 
* modified lines: green/yellow
* gutter marks: breakpoints (red), bookmarks (blue), compile errors (orange)
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* left-gutter marks: breakpoints (red), bookmarks (blue), compile errors (orange)
* interface/implementation/finalization sections: shades of grey
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* interface/implementation/finalization sections are shown in various shades of grey
* current visible page: shade of grey
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* the location of the current editor page relative to the rest of the edited file is shown in another shade of grey
  
If you click on a mark, you will go to the relevant point in the text.
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If you click on a rectangular coloured mark, you jump to the relevant location in the text.
  
 
[[Category:Lazarus]]
 
[[Category:Lazarus]]

Revision as of 20:37, 3 November 2021

The Lazarus IDE has an optional file overview feature called an "overview gutter". This gutter is the thin vertical bar adjacent to the source editor's vertical scrollbar. You can show or hide the overview gutter via the "Show overview gutter" checkbox found on the IDE Options dialog's Editor / Display page (the fourth checkbox in the "Margin and gutter" groupbox).

ide-overview-gutter.png

When editing Pascal files the overview gutter shows a compressed summary of line and unit information:

  • modified lines: green/yellow
  • left-gutter marks: breakpoints (red), bookmarks (blue), compile errors (orange)
  • interface/implementation/finalization sections are shown in various shades of grey
  • the location of the current editor page relative to the rest of the edited file is shown in another shade of grey

If you click on a rectangular coloured mark, you jump to the relevant location in the text.