i think it would definitely be helpful ... showing the inherited attributes "inline" is really what would make using the schema browser worth while (as opposed to just reading hte XML directly) ... it saves the confusion of looking at the field, then clicking over to the fieldtype to see what it inherits, then noticing something set on the fieldtype and trying to remember if the field overrides it so you go back ...etc.
Taking this off the list for a moment, because I may be a bit obtuse here: What do you mean by inheritng/overriding? Granted, I am only working with the example schema here, but I do not see any similarities between the attributes of a field, and the fieldtype. For fieldtypes, I see attributes like name, class, and sortMissingLast (as well as child analyzers), whereas for fields, I see name, type, indexed, stored, and multiValued. I do not see any overlap in attribute names that suggest some manner of per-field override of fieldtype definitions. Am I missing something crucial here, or when you speak of overriding, do you just mean you want to see the separate fieldtype attributes on the same screen as each field of that type, for convenience sake? Thanks, Greg
