Mike, I use the Structure view primarily as an outline or table of contents of the source file. It shows me at a glance what the file contains, in terms that are meaningful semantically. Secondarily, I use it as a means for accessing the file.
I'm aware, of course, that the Project view can be made to show both the files and the contents of the files, but that's not what I want. I prefer to see the outline of one file at a time, which is what the Structure view provides. As best I can recall, every IDE I've ever used, or tried, offers panes equivalent to the Project and Structure views, and allows them to be visible simultaneously. IntelliJ is the only one that forces me to choose between the two. /Jim -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kirby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 3:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Eap-features] FW: Allow Source and Structure Panes One Above the Other > > I'd like to reiterate the feature request below. > > I'd like to divide the IntelliJ main window into three > docked panes by placing the Editor view on the right, > the Project (Source) view in the upper-left, and the > Structure view in the lower-left. > > The fact that I can't do this is, for me, IntelliJ's > biggest shortcoming. It forces me to constantly switch > between the Project and Structure views. > Just out of curiousity, what do you use the structure view for? (or the project view). I don't see the utility of having them both up at the same time. I might even see the argument for combining them, because they seem to have complimentary information (although perhaps it would be too busy if they were all together). The only thing I could see using the structuer view for is navigating to methods in a class. For that I use alt-f12. (or on my system ctrl-shift-N) It works out quite well. ctrl-N to get to the class, ctrl-shift-N to get to the method. Mike --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To obtain my PGP public key, mail "SEND PUB KEY" in the subject to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
