[#IDEADEV-3949] "Go To Declaration Of" should display additional info about each possible declaration

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"Go To Declaration Of" should display additional info about each possible declaration

Created: 02 Jan 06 16:03 Updated: 07 Apr 06 21:14

Component/s:

Code Navigation, Plugin Support. API

Fix Version/s:

Demetra 5231

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1. ctrl-b.fake.jpg
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2. screenshot-1.jpg
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Build:	4,095
Fixed in build:	4,195
Severity:	Medium

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When pressing ctrl-b on an element that is covered by a PsiPolyVariantReference, the possible target locations are only displayed using the value returned from PsiNamedElement.getName() for each resolve result. In the not too uncommon case that the resolved elements all have the same name, it's impossible to distinguish the elements in the list. See the attached screenshot.

The list should show the return value from each element's getPresentation().getLocationString() - if available - next to its name or use some other means to be able to identify each element in the list.

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Maxim Mossienko - 05 Jan 06 21:10

One would get this information in control + shift + i popup invoked on declaration

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Sascha Weinreuter - 05 Jan 06 21:33

ctrl-shift-i is not even close to be an acceptable workaround or even a solution.

Do you expect the user to first hit control-shift-i, choose the actual target, memorize its index and then press ctrl-b and select the according index from that list?

Even if control-shift-i worked on the "goto declaration" popup (currently it doesn't), this would mean to go through a possibly very long list until you've found the desired element.

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Maxim Mossienko - 05 Jan 06 21:43

I meant that control + shift + i works on the declaration today and your proposal is to duplicate 'goto declaration' popup with such information.

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Sascha Weinreuter - 05 Jan 06 22:08

Maybe we're talking about different things here. I'd like the ctrl-b popup to look like this mockup I just attached. It's not to "duplicate" the information (in a negative sense) but to make it available to another, different, use-case.