different behaviour between the toolbar and the menu when creating new file

[dcuartielles]

create a new file, add some text to it and then:

1. hit the "new file" button on the toolbar, it will prompt you whether you want to save the file, because the command will erase the contents

2. click cancel on the dialog-window and then

3. go to the File -> New menu

As you will see the behaviour is different, when using the menus, "new" is creating a new window without asking anything and doesn't erase the current editor's content

[damellis]

This is inherited from Processing, where I believe it was an intentional design decision. That is, because the toolbar icons are within the window, they're intended to manipulate that window, whereas the menu is intended to refer to the software in general, and so creates a new window. This may be a somewhat Mac-centric perspective, but it's not simply an accidental difference.

[dcuartielles]

aha ... to me it is a little confusing, but as you say it might be because
I am a linux user and I am not used to same commands having different
behaviors. I wonder how a newbie would feel about this feature.

I know this is a minor thing, but it may be worth asking the question to
see whether it is a useful thing or not.

On 14 January 2014 17:23, David A. Mellis notifications@github.com wrote:

This is inherited from Processing, where I believe it was an intentional
design decision. That is, because the toolbar icons are within the window,
they're intended to manipulate that window, whereas the menu is intended to
refer to the software in general, and so creates a new window. This may be
a somewhat Mac-centric perspective, but it's not simply an accidental
difference.

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[jantje]

I don't think it is a big issue as most people stick to one way of doing things.
However I work on windows an linux and IMHO in both this is considered wrong.
I only know of 1 legit situation in windows where new file leads to destruction of the current file. That is in a single document editor. For instance try in note pad and paint. However the Arduino IDE is a multi document editor so should not behave like this (on windows).
Thinking about this. I feel the "file->new" should be renamed to "file->new sketch"
Best regards
Jantje

[ffissore]

Fixed with #2723