This bug is tracking search in side panels: http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=3575
Honza On Feb 16, 6:18 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Let us know if you would like to work on such a feature and we will > try to help you get started. > jjb > > On Feb 15, 8:32 pm, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for your recommendations. These are very useful features to > > have. However, when you have a webapp with dozens of JS classes > > (linked via EXTJS framwork) and hundreds of variables in any given > > runtime position and you have to hunt down a variable, producing the > > initial part of a variable name like > > this.fieldInstanceExampleA.fieldInstanceExampleB.fieldInstanceExampleC > > is not practical. That's why I'm looking for a search feature for the > > "watch"-panel, but it doesn't seem to exist. In the above example, I > > want to be able to enter ExampleC in the search box and desire > > this.fieldInstanceExampleA.fieldInstanceExampleB.fieldInstanceExampleC > > to pop up/be highlighted. > > > On Feb 15, 8:46 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the toolbar that has the Script panel tab there is a command line > > > button, looks like a stack of lines: [=]. > > > While on a breakpoint, Click it. > > > You will see a command line open below. > > > If you type 't' you will see auto completion, that is every thing that > > > starts with t in this stack frame. > > > > You can also put complete variable names into the Watch panel New > > > Watch expression. There you will see the values in case you don;t to > > > hunt them down in the Watch panel. > > > > Finally you can right click on objects in the Watch panel and pick > > > Inspect in DOM panel. There you can search the properties of that > > > object using the DOM panel search. > > > > That is what we have now. > > > > jjb > > > > On Feb 15, 4:43 pm, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm looking at an extensive webapp and I want to find a particular > > > > object. I set a breakpoint to inspect available variables and I have > > > > some educated guesses as to what property values are defined by the > > > > object or what kind of selfdocumented variable names could have been > > > > used for the object. Instead of tediously/manually searching the tree > > > > structure in the Script/Watch tab, is there an automated search > > > > feature by which I can search for all variables and values that are > > > > available to me at the current scope? > > > > I know there is a search box for the actual JS code that is displayed > > > > on the left side, but I need to search stuff on the right side in the > > > > 'watch' tab. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
