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Bug 332874

Summary:	[quick fix] Assign statement to existing field/local variable
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Paul Benedict <pbenedict>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, deepakazad
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Paul Benedict

2010-12-17 15:05:51 EST

Build Identifier: 

Quick Fix only suggests assigning to new fields or local variables. It would be nice to select existing ones that match type. Show another pop-up window with the existing fields/variables once the fix is selected?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put cursor on statement.
2. Press CTRL+1

Comment 1 Ayushman Jain

2010-12-20 00:21:48 EST

Moving to JDT/UI.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2011-01-03 08:52:13 EST

Can you give more details/examples?

Comment 3 Paul Benedict

2011-01-03 19:38:50 EST

This is a simplistic example. Take for instance this code:

int x = 2;
3; // < cursor at this line

Quick fix gives me the options to:
* Assign statement to new local variable
* Assign statement to new field

I would like the options to be expanded so I can choose compatible existing variables:
* Assign statement to existing local variable 'x'

My initial thought was to list of the existing variables, but that might become too sloppy looking. Another thought is to trigger a dialog where Eclipse can process acceptable type variables/fields for the user to select.