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Bug 112630

Summary:

hyperlink debugging

Product:

[Eclipse Project] JDT

Reporter:

John Arthorne <john.arthorne>

Component:

Debug

Assignee:

Darin Wright <darin.eclipse>

Status:

VERIFIED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

enhancement

Priority:

CC:

daniel_megert, markus.kell.r, wmitsuda

Version:

3.1

Target Milestone:

3.3 M6

Hardware:

OS:

Windows 2000

Whiteboard:

Bug Depends on:

88293, 174235

Bug Blocks:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
feature	none

Description John Arthorne

2005-10-14 10:23:07 EDT

I often use "Step into Selection" while debugging to quickly skip over a block
of code to get to the part I am interested in.  However, this still requires
several gestures - moving the mouse, double-click to select, then either two
more clicks to select the menu item or Ctrl+F5 to perform the step.  By
contrast, I can perform similar navigations through Java code by holding down
the Ctrl key, and single left-clicking on methods to jump into them.  

It would be really neat to be able to do this kind of hyperlink style navigation
to step into selection while debugging.  Maybe by holding down another function
key combination, hyperlink debugging could be activated. In this mode, clicking
at the beginning of a line would jump to that line, and clicking on a method
would jump into that method. Maybe clicking a variable would popup the variable
value (I know this already exists).  I think this would be highly intuitive, and
make navigation through code while debugging vastly simpler than it is now.

Comment 1 Darin Wright

2005-10-25 15:59:14 EDT

CC'ing Dani for hint on how the debugger might be involved in text editor 
hyperlinking functions using modifier keys.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2005-11-07 13:33:56 EST

This is currently not configurable i.e. the editor defines what can be hyperlinked.

Comment 3 Darin Wright

2005-11-22 09:20:21 EST

Deferred for future consideration. (I like the idea).

Comment 4 Eugene Kuleshov

2006-08-28 11:25:17 EDT

Any plans to work on this in 3.3?

Comment 5 Darin Wright

2007-02-14 11:15:55 EST

Re-opening for 3.3

Comment 6 Michael Rennie

2007-02-14 17:25:13 EST

Created attachment 59017 [details]
feature

This patch provides the requested feature.

At this time though it will only work if the JDT default hyperlink support is turned off, as both directors fight over who gets to hyperlink the method.

This functionality also only works whent he debugger is active (same behavior as the menu command)

You can disable the JDT director on the General->Editors->Hyperlinking pref page.

Will file bug against UI for a resolution mechanism for conflicting hyperlinking directors.

Comment 7 John Arthorne

2007-02-15 10:16:11 EST

Cool! Can't wait to give it a spin.

Comment 8 Michael Rennie

2007-02-15 11:19:08 EST

released patch

see StepIntoSelectionHyperlinkDetector

Comment 9 Michael Rennie

2007-02-15 11:19:39 EST

please verify Darin W

Comment 10 Darin Wright

2007-02-20 14:42:32 EST

Verified.

Comment 11 Curtis Windatt

2007-02-27 15:43:19 EST

Note that in recent builds (I20070220-1330), the step into selection action is now winning when both directors are enabled.

Comment 12 John Arthorne

2007-03-14 17:30:18 EDT

How do I turn this on? I can't make it work in I20070313.

Comment 13 Dani Megert

2007-03-15 03:25:41 EDT

The final solution where Debug assigns its own key modifier has been put in after the I-build. However, even with the I-build you can go an configure it manually on the General > Editors > Text Editors > Hyperlinking preference page.