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Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

node-sass package support on z/OS with node.js for z/OS v12

node-sass package is required for Carbon X upgrade on z/OS. Our product (Watson Machine Learning for z/OS) has a requirement to meet by 2020 to upgrade to Carbon X for every product in the organization under our GM. Currently npm install failed wi...
over 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Not under consideration

Add ISPF “COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR

Add ISPF ?COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Change mfivarsubsaction in Menu Manger to not remember previous entries

We use Menu Manager for a lot of custom actions within IDz, including actions to interact with our SCM, Endevor. We give users the ability to right click a module in the Remote Systems view and select from a range of Endevor actions, like add to E...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Resolve Copybooks Within MVS Subproject Natively

Please refer to Service request number 56700,379,000. I understand the dilemma of what to do when the copybook is found in multiple subproject datasets (based on my use case) and my expectation is if that were to occur the user would get the simil...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Need Locate function in CARMA

Difficult to look for an element without the "Locate" function.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Ability to customize color of find matches

allow the user to select a highlight background color on the 'Find Text" preference page (Window --> Preferences --> LPEX Editor --> System z LPEX Editor --> Find Text) where they are currently selecting the check box to "Highlight all...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor

Rational Developers for System z proposed content assist elements need to occur in the same order like the Java Editor 1) Standard Proposals like Variables2) Templates3) SWT Currently, when you open open the proposal list in LPEX/Cobol Editor and ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

COBOL (and PL/I) editor Open Declaration should be in browse mode

Exactly same description as in ID: 31959 COBOl and PL/I editor Open Declaration should be in browse mode not in edit mode
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Simpler color corrections

As a developer, I would like to be able to make font/color adjustments while looking at my own code. The current method involves changing them when looking at some sample code in the preferences menu. Ideally, I would be able to change those setti...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration