New setting? (Explanation in body)

[helicoptur]

This setting would be called "allow dropping reporters into C-shaped slots", or something along the lines of it, and basically it would just be a true/false flag, that would allow or disallow dropping reporters into C-slots. It can get annoying, working with custom C-slots and trying to drag a reporter in without replacing the entire script.

[bh]

@helicoptur

with custom C-slots

Do you mean primitive C-slots? Custom ones already allow it.

[helicoptur]

Yes, and the setting would enable or disable that for both primitive and custom blocks.

[bh]

I see. Why would you ever want it off? I mean, if you don't want a reporter in there, don't put one there!

[18001767679]

@helicoptur

It can get annoying, working with custom C-slots and trying to drag a reporter in without replacing the entire script.

Accidentally dragged a reporter

[silver_star]

Oh I am so stupid I only just realise that a C-shaped slot is called a C-shaped slot because it is shaped like a C.

[bh]

@18001767679

Accidentally dragged a reporter

I guess so, but people accidentally drag things into slots in many contexts. That's why we have Undo. There's nothing special about it being a C-shaped slot.

[bh]

@silver_star

I only just realise that a C-shaped slot is called a C-shaped slot because it is shaped like a C.

If it makes you feel any better, it took me about nine years from when I first saw the MIT Press logo to understand why it looks like that.

[helicoptur]

[bh]

Yes, sure, but (1) that's what UNDO is for, and (2) it'd be no more annoying for primitive C-shaped blocks than for custom ones.

If it turned out to be a frequent problem, we could (for both primitive and custom blocks) allow dropping a reporter only into an empty C-slot.

[silver_star]

@bh

we could (for both primitive and custom blocks) allow dropping a reporter only into an empty C-slot.

Great idea! Please implement that!

[sathvikrias]

@bh

that's what UNDO is for

undo has bad aiming.

[silver_star]

@bh

that's what UNDO is for

Undo doesn't work in custom blocks, which is like 90% of my projects, and even when it does work , its very buggy. please add Scratch style undo which just puts things as they were, whether that's re-creating blocks of script or custom blocks deleted by accident, and the input is as it used to be rather than reset to the default.

[bh]

@silver_star

and the input is as it used to be rather than reset to the default.

Yeah I know, but that's way harder -- you have to remember the before state for any UI action, which fills up memory and slows down the actions. Although I guess slowing down may not matter because UI actions are limited to human being speed anyway. Anyway, it's on the someday list.

[bh]

@silver_star

Great idea!

Thanks. I'll run it by the management...