Something similar is already available: "Highlight Usages in File" (Ctrl-Shift-F7). It doesn't do all that you described, though. What I would like to see for "Highlight Usages in File" is "Jump to next/previous Usage". HTH. -Thomas
> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Cobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Eap-list] Pre-highlight search matches > > > One of the nice things that vi(m) does is when you perform a > search, all of > the matches are pre-highlighted. > > In IDEA, this might work nicely with CTRL-F3 (or even a > regular search for > that matter). But with CTRL-F3, you would first highlight > the text you want > to search for, then press CTRL-F3, at which time all of the > matching text in > the file gets highlighted with, say, a light blue color. It > might even be > nice to put blue lines in the right margin highlighting all > of the match > points. > > The cursor would then be placed on the first match which would be > highlighted with the darker blue 'select' color. Each time > you hit F3 (or > CTRL-F3), you would jump to the next match, like you do now, > and it changes > from light blue to dark blue. The difference is that you can > see ahead of > time where all the matches will be. > > And sometimes you just want to get some idea of where and how > frequently a > variable is used. So by hitting CTRL-F3, you get all of the > little blue > lines on the side and that may tell you everything you need to know. > > cc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > ************************************ If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by nor attributable to ITT. ************************************ _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
