Delphi IDE Explorer: Runtime Property Editing

This article discusses the latest update to the Delphi IDE Explorer, a tool that allows browsing VCL and FMX components, forms, and properties within the Delphi IDE. The new feature enables runtime editing of published properties by double-clicking them, with support for simple types, enumerations, booleans, TColor, sets, TShortCut, TCursor, TFont, TStrings, TMargins, and TPadding. It uses classic RTTI from the TypInfo unit, compatible with Delphi 6 and later. The implementation modifies existing objects for class-type properties and includes validation and error handling. Caveats include potential IDE instability and no global undo. The article is technical and relevant to IT/technology, specifically Delphi development.