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IDE Request - Program Browser

  •  12-01-2006, 4:22 PM

    IDE Request - Program Browser

    The Program Bowser is great for navigating a large program.  When I double click an item in the list, I get taken to the first declaration of that item.  But, that item is sometimes at the top and sometimes at the bottom of the editor window (and sometimes in the middle if it was already viewable).

    When jumping to methods and functions, the meat of what I want to see follows the declaration line so that finding it at the bottom of the editor means I have to scroll up before I can see much of anything in the routine.  I would like to see it more often be listed at the top of the editor with the body of the routine following that.  The way it is, the end result is dependant on where the cursor was when the double-click jump was made, and as a result produces somewhat inconsistant results.  eg. jump to RoutineX may show it at the bottom one time, and at the top the next, depending on where the cursor was.

     I would like to suggest that the double-click operation send a Ctrl+End keystroke to the editor (or otherwise send the cursor to the end of the file) just prior to jumping to the desired location. The result of that would put the cursor at a consistant location prior to scrolling the desired section into view.  Also, the scroll direction would always be upwards, which results in 'more often' seeing the desired location at the top line of the editor.  That would be somewhat more consistant than the way it currently operates.

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