7212 – Instead of search, highlight occurances for easy code understanding

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Bug 7212 - Instead of search, highlight occurances for easy code understanding

Summary: Instead of search, highlight occurances for easy code understanding

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 16388

Alias:	None

Product:	JDT
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	UI (show other bugs)
Version:	2.0
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Erich Gamma
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Reported:	2002-01-02 11:27 EST by vin
Modified:	2002-07-24 09:57 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description vin

2002-01-02 11:27:14 EST

If within a method I want to view all usages of a local variable (or paramters) 
or within a class all usages of a data member, I would like to be able to 
highlight the variable (by double clicking it) and press <shift><ctl><f7> (or 
any other key combination) to see occurances highlighted right within the 
editor. This makes understanding code very easy.

Additionally in the gutter, on the side, indications (hyperlinks) are
provided for quick navigation to those occurances that are above or below
the page currently being viewed.

This is better than a search in many cases.

Comment 1 vin

2002-01-02 13:05:44 EST

Ok, I should have said "in addition to the search, highlight occurances for 
easy code understanding".

I would like to add the following:

Once the searched occurances are highlighted (by the editor), the highlighted 
occurances should stay highlighted until esc is pressed by the user.

This highlight should be colored as well with a color of users choice specified 
in Preferences.

Please note that this highlighting is different from something that a user 
highlights using the mouse or otherwise. It is done by the editor.

Also this kind of search is limited to the current file open in the editor.

Comment 2 Erich Gamma

2002-05-04 19:40:19 EDT

support along these lines is in our list but unfortunatly not for 2.0

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2002-07-02 10:44:27 EDT

Post 2.0 review: this feature request belongs to the Java editor. moving to JDT
UI. keeping current state to let component owner decide.

Comment 4 Dirk Baeumer

2002-07-24 09:56:40 EDT

Reopening

Comment 5 Dirk Baeumer

2002-07-24 09:57:05 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16388 ***