Sneaky Anvil Updates

[p.colbert]

Thanks to @stefano.menci, TIL that you can quickly and easily open a Form or Module in a new browser tab (not an IDE tab), in a new full IDE instance (not just an Editor!):

Open the new editor in a new window rather than in a new tab

When using ctrl+click on a file, the editor is opened in a new browser tab. The difference between a new tab in the browser and a new tab in the IDE is very little: you still need to switch tab and you still can’t see them both at the same time. The advantage of having a new browser tab rather than a new IDE tab is that I can detach the browser tab and put the two tabs side by side. This is a huge awesome wonderful advantage, but that’s a manual operation that requires a manual mouse drag. I …

With multiple IDE instances, one might work in a second Branch, without losing your place in the first. Or move the browser tab to a new browser window (e.g., on a second monitor) for reference, or for copy-and-paste between modules. One might even be able to copy between different Forms (but I haven’t tried that yet).