[New-bugs-announce] [issue24782] Merge 'configure extensions' into main IDLE config dialog

[Mark Roseman]

New submission from Mark Roseman:

I'm wondering about moving the functionality of the 'configure extensions' dialog into the main configuration dialog.  As I don't know the history here, I'm wondering why it was made separate.

My proposal would be to add an 'Extensions' tab in the main config dialog. Along the left would be a listbox holding the names of each extension. Along the right would be options for the extension selected in the listbox (done pretty much the same as now). Selecting a different extension from the list would swap in the appropriate set of options.

This would have the additional advantage of doing away with the stacked tabs.

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components: IDLE
messages: 247898
nosy: kbk, markroseman, roger.serwy, terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Merge 'configure extensions' into main IDLE config dialog
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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