In case anyone doesn't care much about most of the Welcome Page and likes to have more space available for recent projects and favorites in XE8, download this zip: http://www.raabe-software.de/download/StrippedWelcomepage.zip

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In case anyone doesn't care much about most of the Welcome Page and likes to have more space available for recent projects and favorites in XE8, download this zip: http://www.raabe-software.de/download/StrippedWelcomepage.zip
Make a backup of the Welcomepage folder in your XE8 program folder and place the files contained in the zip into that location.
I have to admit that I am not an CSS expert. So if anyone is willing to improve it - go on and share your results.
BTW, the welcome page likes to mess up sometimes - pressing F5 should correct it.
http://www.raabe-software.de/download/StrippedWelcomepage.zip

Comments

  1. Richard StevensJuly 15, 2015 at 3:23 PM

    Thank you very much.

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  2. Heinz ToskanoJuly 15, 2015 at 3:28 PM

    does it work with D2007?

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  3. Uwe RaabeJuly 15, 2015 at 11:03 PM

    Heinz Toskano Tested in XE8.1 only. As the Welcome Page changed significantly in XE7 and the favorites came with XE8.1 recently, I doubt that it will work for an IDE below that.

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  4. Stefan GlienkeJuly 16, 2015 at 1:41 AM

    Uwe Raabe It does not work. It's empty after I start Delphi (I had projects in it before) but also it shows nothing after I open a project and close it (I expect it to show up in recent projects)

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  5. Uwe RaabeJuly 16, 2015 at 2:42 AM

    Stefan Glienke Strange! I should have mentioned in the first place that it is supposed to work in XE8.1 only. Did you perhaps test it with another version?

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  6. Stefan GlienkeJuly 16, 2015 at 3:38 AM

    no

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  7. Uwe RaabeJuly 16, 2015 at 4:47 AM

    Stefan Glienke OK, then it is possible that I wasn't clear enough with the installation process. The zip contains only those files that are different to the standard XE8.1 Welcomepage folder. The other files have to stay in place.

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  8. Stefan GlienkeJuly 16, 2015 at 5:07 AM

    Uwe Raabe lol I guess that's it. I just renamed the WelcomePage folder and placed the one from the zip there ;D

    Edit: Ok, it works now. But I cannot add more than 8 projects to the favorites. Man, this new welcome page is so crappy that it hurts. Before I could put my favs into categories and collapse those that I don't access that often I now we are left with this shitty casual version.

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  9. Stefan GlienkeJuly 16, 2015 at 5:19 AM

    Ok, what works best? Take the WelcomePage folder from my XE and put it into the XE8 folder - done, favs are working, day saved.

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  10. Dalija PrasnikarJuly 16, 2015 at 11:21 AM

    Stefan Glienke who needs more than 8 projects anyway :P

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  11. Asbjørn HeidJuly 16, 2015 at 1:44 PM

    At work we have an IDE plugin which just adds a main menu item with shortcuts to our primary projects, hard coded. Simple and handy.

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  12. Uwe SchusterJuly 19, 2015 at 5:16 AM

    I still do not get the benefit of using the XE8 WelcomePage instead of the XE7 WelcomePage.

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