In Xojo 2016 r4.1 is not possible add ‘Notes’ inside a folder in the project explorer…only possible under App…
Also is not possible to drag ‘notes’ and all its content in any other project explorer level…
How ???
Notes can be added to modules, windows, container controls…
Notes can be added to the same things you can add properties methods events etc to
They are treated much the same as those items
[quote=309841:@Norman Palardy]Notes can be added to the same things you can add properties methods events etc to
They are treated much the same as those items[/quote]
No, I don’t think so. If I need to describe a Folder containing all my code organized in classes or modules etc, I can’t do this. Why is not possible to attach notes to a folder ? Why this kind of limitation ?
Thanks
Actually, yes. Read again what Norman said.
And then just add a module, call it Notes, move it to the folder, and put your notes in there.
Sometimes a “problem” is no problem at all.
You never attach anything to folders. They are not controls. They are just here to organize the project.
[quote=309869:@Markus Winter]Actually, yes. Read again what Norman said.
And then just add a module, call it Notes, move it to the folder, and put your notes in there.
Sometimes a “problem” is no problem at all.[/quote]
Sometimes It could be a problem…If I loose time to solve this kind of issues…Everything into project explorer is draggable…who has thinked ‘notes’ are not draggable objects or what else ?
Why to go everytime to choose … ‘another way’ when everything could be so easy…It seems to me Xojo=Workarounds…
Just to do a a simple thing I have lost almost an hour of my time…
Thanks to all have lost time togheter with me.
[quote=309869:@Markus Winter]Actually, yes. Read again what Norman said.
And then just add a module, call it Notes, move it to the folder, and put your notes in there.
Sometimes a “problem” is no problem at all.[/quote]
Just another workaround to solve the simplest thing…just drag what you want inside the project explorer… 
Sigh. It’s not a workaround, its how things work.
Can you add a note to a folder in the Explorer? No. You have the note as a separate entity, in this case a file. You can’t “simply add it to a folder”, you have to add it inside a file.
Same in Xojo.
Could you do it differently? Sure. Write your own Explorer. Or IDE. One that allows adding notes directly.
P.S. And you can drag the Notes module around all day if you are so inclined
Notes are just another presentation for a string property. Properties don’t exist “in the air”. They must be attached to a class.
I use to organize my classes inside a folder. I need to see in an ‘easy way’ notes that can explain me the meaning of the entire objects inside the folder…classes, modules, etc. Why to not put ‘notes’ just under the ‘Folder’, so when I expand the folder contents I can see immediately ‘Notes’…In another way why … I have to expand all modules, classes, etc to find something explain what I can found under 'MyFolderControls ’ ? Good logic. Congratulations. Thank you all again for the waste of time in this topic…for me now closed.
BR
Carlo
That sounds like an organizational issue to me. It’s like organizing your Desktop. Your folder titles should be self-explanitory and should be organized in such a way that they make sense.
You can take a look at how I organized the project file for my tool Answers: link
I know right where everything is and how to find it, even though I haven’t had time to work on Answers in ages.
(I started the project to learn how to use Xojo, I really don’t recommend renaming the App object)
Why take it on others who were merely trying to help ?
If you want an item “Notes” that can be used the way you wish, no need to blame. Instead, just file a feature request.
Wrong.
You can put image files in a Folder.
You can also put text file(s) in a Folder. (1)
So, Carlo:
createa text file you will save as Notes (with good meaning words in the file name),
fill the text file with your notes,
once done, drop the text file into your Folder in the Navigator.
Redo the previous steps as any times you want to have notes and you are done.
Sometimes life is easy: we only have to think.
In the case of a text file drop in a project, I know that from an advice from a Xojo engineer. Thank you pal.
BTW: I was talking about images files ou can drop in afolder BECAUSE: you can create a graphic schema (to be a note reminder), then drop it in your folder.
In fact, we can nearly create a development book and put these into our project(s).
(1) I do not checked if i can drop an rtf file / rtfd (mac); what happens when I click in it (both of them).
Edit:
I even put windows related to the same Menu, so I know where to find them and I do not have tons of entries in the Navigator.
[quote=309869:@Markus Winter]Actually, yes. Read again what Norman said.
And then just add a module, call it Notes, move it to the folder, and put your notes in there.
Sometimes a “problem” is no problem at all.[/quote]
Can I ask this feature/possibility in the next releases ?
#63? and the most recent is 4000 and something?
Biggest issue is a Xojo folder doesn’t really exist… its an internal construct with only a virtual existance.
Um, am I missing something, Dave?
My projects have actual folders and files rest within them.
and where do those folders physically exist?
Binary format… they are virtual… since everything is ONE file
XML format… they are virtual… since everything is ONE file
VCS… perhaps here they might be physical, since this is multiple file output