Tool windows not auto-hiding Follow
I am running PyCharm 2.7.3 on OSX. I am trying to setup the Run Tool Window to auto-hide. I have tried both Docked and Undocked Modes. In Docked Mode I am running Unpinned Mode. This setup almost works. If the focus of the IDE is in that Tool Window, pressing the escape key or clicking anywhere outside that Tool Window will auto-hide the Tool Window.
However, if the IDE focus is in an editor pane and I run some code, the Run Tool Window becomes visible but does not receive focus. At that point the Run Tool Window will not auto-hide until focus goes to another Tool Window or the whole app is forced to repaint (by switching to another app and back).
Am I doing something wrong? Is this a PyCharm bug?
It seems the same behavior exists in IntelliJ 12.1.4 community edition on OSX. This suggests the behavior is consistent across the Jetbrains common code-base. I have not yet tried to see if this happens in PyCharm on Linux to see if the operating system platform makes a difference.
Thanks.
However, if the IDE focus is in an editor pane and I run some code, the Run Tool Window becomes visible but does not receive focus. At that point the Run Tool Window will not auto-hide until focus goes to another Tool Window or the whole app is forced to repaint (by switching to another app and back).
Am I doing something wrong? Is this a PyCharm bug?
It seems the same behavior exists in IntelliJ 12.1.4 community edition on OSX. This suggests the behavior is consistent across the Jetbrains common code-base. I have not yet tried to see if this happens in PyCharm on Linux to see if the operating system platform makes a difference.
Thanks.
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It seems like it would be great if there were an option so that when Run is executed, the focus automatically goes to the Run window. Then, simply pressing Escape would hide the Run window and go back to the editor.
I'm not exactly sure what the purpose of Tool Window auto-hide is if it takes so many key presses to make auto-hide work.
Is there any way to get the IDE to behave this way? Specifically, I'm looking for focus to go to the Run window when Run is invoked. Would I be the first person to ever ask for behavior like this? I think at lease some versions of Visual Studio could be configured this way. This is great for working on a small lc
Thanks Dmitry!
7 years later I'm here to report the exact same issue, with CLion in my case. When the Run window is opened upon initiating build, it doesn't autohide unless I focus it first. That's not ideal. I think I've seen other windows behave the same, but not sure how to reproduce it.
I don't recall having such an issue when using Microsoft Visual Studio years ago. Sadly I can't test it as I'm not using Visual Studio anymore.
Is there any way to improve this?
Hello,
please take a look at this feature request https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-108077 and vote for it in order o increase its priority.
Apologies for the inconvenience.