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foxmuldr
Tomato Guru
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 Posted - Jun 03 2016 : 1:58:25 PM
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It would be nice to have an easy way to dive from some location in source to parent things, and then have a reversing keystroke to go back to where you started, or to be able to navigate back one at a time.
I can use VS's navigation features for this some of the time, but I'd rather like to create an anchoring point to come back to with a single keystroke. Presently I typically delete all my bookmarks, mark a bookmark, go to wherever I need to go looking at whatever I need to look at, and then going back to the bookmark.
If VAX were to add the GotoDive feature, it could handle it for me without me needing to lose my bookmarks, or navigate step-by-step through VS's navigation history
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
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accord
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 04 2016 : 8:17:45 PM
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This is a helpful idea, I see the appeal, but on the other hand, it has some inherent limitations. You would need to use a separate feature to go there and a separate command to come back and it would only work for goto, not when say using Find References. As you mentioned, navigate back command and bookmarks also works to some extent.
I would propose something that would be automatic and you don't need to do any preparation steps. What about to being able to navigating back to the last edited place? You are typically writing source code when you need more info and you want to go back there to continue, obviously.
Do you think a feature like this would offer value with your use-case scenario?
Also, you can use a VA Hashtag which you can use to come back, e.g. #comeback
You can bring up VA Hashtags tool window via alt+shift+H. You can learn more about this here:
http://docs.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W574 |
Edited by - accord on Jun 04 2016 8:20:20 PM |
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foxmuldr
Tomato Guru
USA
416 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2016 : 7:50:47 PM
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Originally posted by accord
I would propose something that would be automatic and you don't need to do any preparation steps. What about to being able to navigating back to the last edited place? You are typically writing source code when you need more info and you want to go back there to continue, obviously.
Do you think a feature like this would offer value with your use-case scenario?
It like that feature and it would offer value. But I use the Alt-G Goto 500 times a day, and I am constantly navigating back to where I was using VS's multi-steps back, some of which are weird because it will go to the beginning of the file before exiting it. Also, in my case, I'm not always editing when I'm doing this, but sometimes I'm just researching the code either before or after I'm doing editing (to see how I can maintain it, for example, or to try to remind myself how I wrote it :-)).
Perhaps two options:
(1) Back to last place edited (nice feature)
(2) Back to last dropped anchor (or last Alt+Shift+G GotoDive)
In that way, I could drop a VAX anchor someplace (Alt+Shift+A ??), and then go to whatever I need, going deeper as needed, and then come back directly to the place I dropped the anchor (Alt+Ctrl+A ??).
In the alternative, (1) would work by me just typing [spacebar][backspace] and then going back to the last place edited, but that seems a little awkward. :-)
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Also, you can use a VA Hashtag which you can use to come back, e.g. #comeback
You can bring up VA Hashtags tool window via alt+shift+H. You can learn more about this here:
http://docs.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W574
I'll look into it. I've never seen it before. It would be a nice feature to use generally because there are certain places where that information would be handy in my apps. VAX just keeps getting better and better as I learn its features (and I've only been using it since 2006/7).
I still think the Alt+Shift+G feature would be the best for my use case, as it would drop an anchor and begin the dive, allowing me to come right back to where I started.
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
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accord
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 6:03:38 PM
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We've a feature request to navigate to the last edited place:
case=81132
Forgot to mention but VA View already has an upper part for most recently used:
http://docs.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W222
Here, you can configure to only see edited methods. Right click over that part to configure what you would like to see. For example, if you press <space> and <backspace>, it should appear in the list as an "anchor". It is not as precise though. This trick would be the best after case 81132 will be implemented.
I am hesitant to put in a feature request for anchors because basically this is what you put by pressing Ctrl+F2 as an IDE feature. You can clear it easily after coming back there by F2, basically pressing F2 and Ctrl+F2 to go back. |
Edited by - accord on Jun 11 2016 6:12:50 PM |
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