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3.3 M1 The new feature to look at all the references of an object is a good start. What about providing a view that allows me to navigate in both directions? I could then also use filters, working sets etc. Here are some problems I see with the current solution: - I can't go directly back to the previous once I used Ctrl+Shift+I - I can't directly inspect the selected element in the Expression view - on my machine the lower pane is too small and repositioning the sash is not respected Let me know if you want separate bugs for those.
We've released support that allows references to be shown in the variables view. When you expand an object, you also get it's references in a "References" element, which is an array of referring objects. There's a toggle in the view menu to "Show References". Please try this and add comments to this bug.
Marking as fixed - references are now displayed in-line in the variables/expression views and pop-up. Please provide feedback, or open new bugs as required.
I like the new approach, much better than the old quick view. Some suggestions: - for the node 'References', leave the 'value' column empty. The current 'Object[]' is strange. - it would be good to see the number of references as soon as you have that information. Especially when there are no references, this information would explain the node. Suggestion: Render 'References (0)' or use the 'value' column e.g. '5 references found in heap' - I would like to know which field references by instance. Could that field be sorted first, or highlighted somehow? - For 'Reference 1' use a icon that points to the upper left corner (to point to the referenced element)
(In reply to comment #3) 1) It is difficult to make the value column empty as the references variable must be of an allowable java type. It made sense to treat the value as an array of Objects, since that is essentially what the references are. 2) That capability was planned, but refreshing the view to get the updated labels was resulting in a large amount of work re-evaluating, so it was removed. (3/4) I'm not entirely sure what you want, feel free to open bugs/enhancements for these. Several attempts were made to make the value column empty > I like the new approach, much better than the old quick view. > Some suggestions: > - for the node 'References', leave the 'value' column empty. The current > 'Object[]' is strange. > - it would be good to see the number of references as soon as you have that > information. Especially when there are no references, this information would > explain the node. Suggestion: Render 'References (0)' or use the 'value' column > e.g. '5 references found in heap' > - I would like to know which field references by instance. Could that field be > sorted first, or highlighted somehow? > - For 'Reference 1' use a icon that points to the upper left corner (to point > to the referenced element) >
Verified. New bugs have been opened for remaining issues/enhancements.
