[#IDEABKL-3740] Copy Eclipse's "Show Source of Selected Element Only" feature

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Copy Eclipse's "Show Source of Selected Element Only" feature

Created: 31 Jul 06 21:54 Updated: 27 Dec 06 21:51

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Environment:	XP Pro

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Severity:	High

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This toggles between viewing only one method of a class – so you can PgUp/PgDwn in it without worrying about scrolling outside of the method – and viewing the whole class.

Visual Studio has had this for years too, at least since Visual Basic 5.

And I miss it.

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NNTP User - 01 Aug 06 03:14

I used to think this feature was pure garbage until I really started
using it. It's a worthy feature addition. I would LOVE a way to select
from a list the method(s) that are to be shown. This becomes especially
helpful when you find yourself jumping to and from 2 or 3 methods
continually. It saves from straying to that 4th method that you don't
intend on changing.

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Richard Bondi - 01 Aug 06 17:50

You can select from a list of methods with Ctrl-F12.
This feature would also be very useful for xml files. For example, when editing struts-config.xml, you can get very long <form-bean> elements that are more than a screen long.

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Richard Bondi - 09 Aug 06 21:55

Please also have this feature work for editing xml: allow the user to view only the tag and its descendants.

This would be very useful, for example, when searching a struts-config.xml file with very long <form-bean> entries. Right now, if you do ctrl-F and find something, you have to scroll like crazy to find out which <form-bean> you are in (if any), and (ii) scroll even more, or resort to a bookmark, to get back to the <form-bean> you really want.

Often, I just collapse, copy the <form-bean>, paste into TextPad, and search there. That's obviously sub-optimal.

Thanks,
/r:b:

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NNTP User - 27 Dec 06 21:51