| Zoom out to Outline [message #1798780] |
Sat, 24 November 2018 09:48 |
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Hi,
Introduction:
(Question are in the end.)
I am starting the development of plug-in to extend the current functionality of the Text Editor.
The idea is to integrate the functionalities of the Text Editor and the Outline into a single View. When in the Text Editor if the user zooms out (using the mouse wheel for example) the view changes to what is usually shown in the Outline. If the user continues zooming out the Outline shall move to folder level and so on.
The goal is to improve code navigation as well as to facilitate understanding of the general picture of the code. Another goal is for me to introduce in this community.
At first the Outline shown should be what is currently shown in the Outline. In the future I hope hope to extend that view with class diagrams and other useful overview elements. The user shall also be able to arrange the outline, add comments, etc., for documentation or other purposes.
Another cool thing would be to zoom out to a doxygen page but let's see how this goes.
How to:
Knowing very little of the Eclipse CDT implementation, the approach I have in mind is to subclass both the Text Editor and the Outline Views into single "super view" and "switch" between the two as needed.
Questions:
What is your opinion on this? Do you think this is a sensible approach? Where should I go next?
Any feedback is welcomed. Thank you.
Thank
Best regards.
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