Editor setting documentation tab

Vale-git

Hi, About this GP(Godot-Proposals) https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/970

Where I landed recently because, for me too, having a documentation overload the current scene/script is very confusing. I would like to have docs in a separate windows /tab.

https://github.com/willnationsdev suggested a settings in Editor to manage the doc tabs

Someone know where this setting is?

Thanks

Megalomaniak

I mostly just browse the docs on the web rather than in editor.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/

TwistedTwigleg

I think it the separate windows/tab suggestion mentioned in the linked proposal may be part of the Godot 4.0, as Godot 4.0 allows for multiple windows for many things in the editor, which probably includes the script editor.

Vale-git

@Megalomaniak , @TwistedTwigleg Thank you for your answer, However, both of you did not answer my question.

Do you know where the setting is? If exist of course. :) Thanks.

cybereality

I don't think Godot 3.x has support for multiple windows. Godot 4.0 does, so maybe this already works. In any case, I do think using a web browser is better, because the search functionality in Godot docs are not great, and you also can't go back, making navigation difficult. I still use the built-in docs for simple stuff (control click) but if I need to read a lot I use Firefox.

TwistedTwigleg

@Vale-git said: @Megalomaniak , @TwistedTwigleg Thank you for your answer, However, both of you did not answer my question.

Do you know where the setting is? If exist of course. :) Thanks.

I'm not sure where the setting is for Godot 4.0, sorry! I haven't really used Godot 4.0 beyond a little bit for Google Summer of Code.

cybereality

No, I could not see a way to open the docs in another window on Godot 4.0. But I did not spend long looking.

Calinou

Godot's master branch does not have a way to split the script editor (and help viewer) into a separate window, and this isn't planned for 4.0 due to lack of time.

Vale-git

Guys.... When I asked such infos? Did you really reads my posts? Or my English language is so bad? :)) LOL Only @TwistedTwigleg gave me a on topic answer(on 2th attempt) . The other said off topics stuff (and who give likes on to those off topics answers are more distracted than others hehe)

Megalomaniak

You asked where this setting is after linking to an unimplemented proposal. There is no such setting yet. As I said, I prefer to browse the documentation in a web browser, avoids the whole issue that you raised as your premise.

cybereality

Maybe if English is not your first language, you had trouble reading the responses. We are all talking about exactly what you asked in the original post. Namely that it doesn't work and is not supported, so you should use a web browser if you want that functionality.

Vale-git

@cybereality ehm.. My question was "Someone know where this setting is?"

Possible expected answers: - "No, I don't know, sorry.", - "No, It don't exist for now" - "Yes, I know where is: is there", - "I don't understand you question can you elaborate it please?"

Why people make things complicate?

I think is not question about English knowledge. I didn't ask anything different.

The question are followed by a question mark in my country.. In yours? :)
Now turns out is my problem/fault so I can't write/ask a simple question? Thanks :)

ps.: The original GP dind't stated a different separate tab have to be detached from editor. So my question was legit. Also at this tread date the 4.0 was not even in alpha. So obliviously I was referring to 3.x as last stable version. But are all my assumptions and they can be all wrong of course.

cybereality

@cybereality said: No, I could not see a way to open the docs in another window on Godot 4.0.

This is what I said.

cybereality

@cybereality said: I don't think Godot 3.x has support for multiple windows.

This was the first thing I said. I don't understand how I could have been more clear.

Vale-git

@cybereality I appreciate your effort. However, - I never asked if 3.x has or not support for multiple windows (I mentioned tab/window as possible use). - I never asked if Godot 4.0 have a way to open docs in another window (I mentioned tab/window as possible use). - I asked ->"Someone know where this setting is?"

Your (and others) answers game me info about new windows - that can be done without editor-settings - instead of editor settings capability to manage docs' tabs/windows.

Some people know Godot feature without knowing what is inside editor-settings (where was my focus as you can see from my question)

Did you see the difference now? I'm not sure - some people are more likely to see similitude instead differences.

Thanks anyway. After some time I guessed the answer at this point.

As mentioned before @TwistedTwigleg was the one who come more close to the answer I need ( I was referring to Godot 3.x but it was close enough :) ) He is more focused in tasks for what I can see .

If this was a game probably he got the most score hehehe

edit.(off topic): I have to apologise again for my weird approach to problems. But I guess I'm quite close to this result that I got from personality test (that is not an excuse ofc but this is a fact nevertheless) :

I did because I felt the world was not made for me. A lot of things are wrong in the wrong place. I was in need of answers. And that was the result. I'm different :) Yes, I have to admit it, day by day the feeling increase.

If the % of some section(I and J) was not so high maybe there was a way to me to be more common - among the rarest. But sadly its not the case.

Have fun in RL.

cybereality

Yeah, I hope there is no offensive. If there was, I'm sorry. I think maybe there was some general confusion in the thread here. I guess the gist of it is that there does not seem to be a way to separate the documentation, or script window, or anything in that panel, into another tab or window. Regardless of Godot 3.x or 4.0. This would be nice, and I agree with you that it is very annoying. But it just does not appear to be supported, and I did look.

So the simple answer to your original question is that you won't find the setting anywhere, because there is no setting, and it's not supported. But I was trying to offer more detail as to whether it might be supported in Godot 4.0 (which it won't currently, but potentially in the future) and offer an alternative, which is to use a web browser, which works better anyway. That was all.