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jkca (9/14/2001 3:21:18 PM) Eclipse 135 When search finds classes that are named identically (fully qualified), it is difficult to realize exactly where these resources are located. I have (after some playing around) realized that the status bar shows the exact location when I click on the search results, but this feels like to much work. If we have the location, why don't we display it in the search results? Another thought is that we know when a resource is in binary or source form. Conveying this information would improve the user's experience. A simple way to make this happen is to have one plugin with a reference to a jar and another plugin with the actual source code for the same class. EG (17.09.2001 17:05:54) class in source or binary could be distinguished by some read only indicator in the element icon.
moved to 'active'
in the 2.0 stream there is sort by->path isn't this sufficient?
Sorting improves the situation, but it still doesn't make it easy for me to determine which resource I want when many identically named ones are returned. If I can tell with a quick glance where the resources are stored, then I'm going to be able to navigate through the search view into my code much quicker. In the current setup, I have to click on each resource until I find the one I want.
I have to agree with this observation. IMO even sorting doesn't really help. What I would like to see is a result view that uses a tree in the Java case (or at least a user option). The tree would show matches on a type granularity. Don't know if this is possible with the current API.
Having different icons for binaries is a general JDT UI issue: 10464: Read-only and/or binary indicator for binary Java elements Feel free to add yourself to the cc-list. >Sorting improves the situation, but it still doesn't make it easy for me to >determine which resource I want when many identically named ones are returned. ... >the current setup, I have to click on each resource until I find the one I want. Why do you have to click on each resource if they are sorted by path and you see the path?
I think the main point of this feature request is that it would be nice if we had a binary/source indicator on the search icons.
Can I close this one then? The binary icon is covered by another PR
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10464 ***
