Xcode's documentation viewer should be a separate application.

Originator:kristopherdjohnson
Number:rdar://7223977 Date Originated:15-Sep-2009 08:54 AM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:3.2
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Not Applicable
 
Xcode's documentation viewer is one of the Xcode app's windows. It would be more usable as a separate application:

  * it would then be accessible via Cmd-Tab, facilitating easy switching between code and documentation (Cmd-` only works for this if you only have a single editor window and a single documentation window).
  * it could be moved to a separate Space.
  * Multiple documentation windows would be easier to manage through application Exposé
  * When it crashes (which it does a little too often when searching), it would not take Xcode down with it.
  * If it implemented a custom URL schema for searching for documentation, it would allow third-party apps to integrate better.

Comments

This is a dupe of rdar://7215660 http://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=74431

By kristopherdjohnson at 2009-09-15 12:59:31.863201 (reply...)

Apple has filed this under original bug rdar://3740826

By kristopherdjohnson at 2009-09-20 13:42:40.712829 (reply...)

Duped as 7707416.

By s.fisher.ca at 2010-03-02 19:15:50.553861 (reply...)

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