[Cuis-dev] [IMPROV] StringRequestMorph with buttons

[Douglas Brebner]

On 04/01/2024 21:51, Luciano Notarfrancesco via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Oh, I see, makes more sense now, thanks for explaining! And good point 
> about being able to enter Text.
> In general, I’ve never liked very much the way we request user input 
> with popups like StringRequestMorph, and the disconnect from the tool 
> that it originated from. In some cases I’d rather avoid the popup and 
> solve it within the tool… for example I’d like to rename temporary 
> variables or arguments by double clicking to select it and writing a new 
> name (as other IDEs do).

I seem to remember that some of the Lisp Machines had a bar at the 
bottom of each window that told you what the buttons & key combinations 
did and which could also accept text for prompts in that window.

Maybe a status/info/prompt bar like that could be used?