Re: Re: Accessing function definitions
Re: Re: Accessing function definitions
- Subject: Re: Re: Accessing function definitions
- From: "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:06:20 -0700
On 10/26/06, Laurence Harris <email@hidden> wrote:
> The answer shouldn't be to throw more information
> in our face to sift over but to get us to the information we want
> quickly and via a sensible contiguous workflow.
>
> What I would like to see is the auto completion popup or jump-to
> symbol popup continue to do what it does now (show a limited set and
> provide a more option) but have a way to add an additional filter
> dimension to the mix, for example the class that I know provides the
> symbol I am looking for.
>
> In other words I start typing in the name of a symbol (or command
> double click a symbol), have the symbol selector popup come up but
> then I notice that a lot of symbols exist with that naming. I would
> love to be able to hit a magic key combination that toggles the popup
> to begin filtering the current set of symbols by class/framework as I
> type out its name.
If I Command-double-click to show the menu (without continuing to
press the mouse button), the menu acts like a list. I can run the
cursor over it to highlight an item, type to select items, and use
the arrow keys to navigate it, all without having to switch to
another interface. I just tend to be more productive when I can use a
single approach to something like this instead of being able to use a
convenient mechanism part of the time and having to use another,
clumsier approach at other times. Even if the occasional menu with
300 items in it might be unwieldy, the consistency in my workflow
would offset that.
You may have missed the point of what I outlined... I am saying that
while in the context of the symbol list (that navigable popup menu)
wouldn't it be nice to have a way to add additional filter dimension
that help you quickly – in context – narrow down that list to a more
management set that you can quickly grok. Instead of you having to
sift thru 100s of even thousands of items let computer do it for you.
I was basically suggesting an enhancement to what Xcode currently does
that can help deal with this issue in a more robust and helpful
fashion then just throwing more information in my face.
-Shawn
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