Is this the right place to request an addition to blockly?

pwiecek

Is this the right place to request an addition to blockly?

I would like to have a control block that allows multiple lines of code to be disabled/enabled with one click. I'm currently using:

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To disable the code, I simply disable the If. (You could achieve the same thing by changing the condition to "False" but that's not the way I choose to do it.)

Ken Gracey

You can request changes/improvements/bugs to Blockly here on the forums or on the GitHub, which we monitor more closely https://github.com/parallaxinc/BlocklyProp/issues.

To clarify, what you're asking for is a shift-select with multiple disable, right? You'd like to disable chosen Terminal blocks but not all of them?

At present, you'd need to disable individual Terminal blocks or the entire IF-DO loop.

Ken Gracey

pwiecek

Ken Gracey wrote: »

You can request changes/improvements/bugs to Blockly here on the forums or on the GitHub, which we monitor more closely https://github.com/parallaxinc/BlocklyProp/issues.

To clarify, what you're asking for is a shift-select with multiple disable, right? You'd like to disable chosen Terminal blocks but not all of them?

That would fill the bill but I was specifically asking for something else. Here is my idea of what it would look like:

Ken Gracey wrote: »

At present, you'd need to disable <snip> the entire IF-DO loop.

Ken Gracey

That is my current work around

Thanks

MattMatz

So you are asking for basically a blank "statement" block - I think that's the official name for the type of input that holds groups of blocks...

Like this:

While it's possible, I'm not sure how I feel about it. This one falls into a category of blocks that don't really have a code function, but do serve a purpose in helping you "visualize" or work with your blockly code. Another example is a "start" block - it doesn't do anything, but it marks the start of a program.

Worth discussing - let's see where this thread goes...

Ken Gracey

As a visual programming language, these kinds of enhancements make sense - especially as users start to grow larger programs. It's similar to a comment block, I suppose, but with the ability to encapsulate a bunch of other code. I've also produced some really big BlocklyProp programs where I've relied on "collapse block" and "clean workspace" to get things organized.

Others have thoughts on this?

Ken Gracey