And that is always the fear with things like this...and why we always provide a way to revert to previous behavior. We'll see if we can make it easier to disable.
What about it made it a nuisance? Size? Content? Other? We went through several iterations to try and make it available, yet unobtrusive, and I generally don't find it to be in my way anymore (early versions annoyed the poo outta me).
Anyone else with thoughts on 1.4 features, pro or con, please chime in!
I do most of the DMD work on an older laptop, with a smallish screen, and just the trackpad (no mouse). Screen real estate is always an issue, on this computer. I'm more of a stick to the keyboard guy if possible too. So my experience in editing an existing program is that I don't really need to know what the next available C bit is, I'm just working with the one I've already assigned. So 1. The Element Picker basically fills half the ladder window. 2. If I'm just editing an existing element, and I want to see everything, I have to dismiss the popup. Here is an example from the other day. A set of 6 Less Than relational contacts, that I want to change to Less Than or Equal To. I'm not changing the addresses or values, just the type of element. So as I click along to each element, the Element Picker pops up and fills the screen. I don't need it, so I close it. As I say, its a small thing, and if I was creating a bunch of new stuff, I could see where it would come in handy. For working within existing ladder, I found it not so useful. Once I got used to it being there, I kind of learned to deal with it ( basically ignore it, and hit the Enter key), and once I dug around in the options and found how to disable it, everything was hunky-dory.
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