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Add context menu items to Code Explorer to set VB attributes #5120

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mansellan opened this issue Aug 30, 2019 · 3 comments
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Add context menu items to Code Explorer to set VB attributes #5120

mansellan opened this issue Aug 30, 2019 · 3 comments
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difficulty-02-ducky Resolving these involves the internal API, but with relatively easy problems to solve. enhancement Feature requests, or enhancements to existing features. Ideas. Anything within the project's scope. feature-annotations feature-code-explorer user-experience Issue relates to user experience (workflow, flexibility, customisation) user-interface This issue explicitly relates to the visible interface of Rubberduck. wpf Issue is easier to resolve with knowledge of WPF/XAML

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Make it easy to set VB attributes directly from the Code Explorer.

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In the vanilla VBE, it's irksome to set attributes. (Some of the?) module-level attributes can be set from the properties window. For procedure attributes, VB6 has a dialog available, but the UX is extremely poor, and for VBA there is no UI at all - procedure attributes can only be set by exporting the module, adding the attibutes as text and reimporting.

Rubberduck currently helps by automating this process with annotations (and for predeclared modules, a template). However, we can make it easier still by adding context menu items in the Code Explorer that can set these attributes (backed up with RD annotations) with a click or two.

Related: #4876
@mansellan mansellan added enhancement Feature requests, or enhancements to existing features. Ideas. Anything within the project's scope. feature-code-explorer feature-annotations user-interface This issue explicitly relates to the visible interface of Rubberduck. wpf Issue is easier to resolve with knowledge of WPF/XAML difficulty-02-ducky Resolving these involves the internal API, but with relatively easy problems to solve. user-experience Issue relates to user experience (workflow, flexibility, customisation) labels Aug 30, 2019
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Seems a duplicate of #4790?

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Certainly related, but #4790 approaches from annotations, this approaches from attributes. Happy to merge them?

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Linking #4227

@bclothier bclothier mentioned this issue Sep 2, 2019
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