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    Add Menu Manager action for editor opened with JES Submitted JCL

    Please add a Menu Manager context for the JCL Editor when the JES Show JCL option is used.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

    Allow advanced filtering of Show In > Data Elements information

    Filtering on name is very limited. More advanced filtering on Name, Top-level-Item, Declared In and Item Type should be provided. The Data Elements view could be a powerful feature if more advanced filter is provided. Most of our developers only u...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    IDz 15 capability reduction configuration switch

    Similarly to the option -DdisablePersonalizationQuestionnaire=true we need an option like -DdisableCapabilityConfiguration=true to disable the new functionality in IDz 15 that configures which capabilities are enabled when the workbench is started.
    about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    COBOL Editor Toggle Comment

    Toggle Comment function isn't able to return to previous state. Sample: If you use toggle comment (CTRL+/) for several marked lines and there was already a commented line in one of those lines, the result may not be the expected one. In that case,...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Future consideration

    Rendering Name filter results is very slow in Show In > Data Elements view

    The Name filter is very slow when a program has a lot of variable. There should be an option to turn the key press listener off and only re-render the list when the Enter key is pressed.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

    Add Open Perform Hierarchy from Show In > Data Elements view

    Open Declaration and Occurrences in Compilation Unit are available in the Data Elements view. Open Perform Hierarchy needs to be added.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    Push to client support is needed for "local" z/OS project property groups

    We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

    Dependency scanner to use CSECT in BZUCFG to support when moduler-under-test is different from loadmodulename

    If you perform zUnit testing on a program which is located in a load module which has a different name than the program name then DBB reads he BZUCFG incorrectly. The situation happens when testing statically called programs, or when the main prog...
    over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Future consideration

    COBOL Editor 'Search text in File' between columns is not correctly limited

    COBOL Editor 'Search text in File' results are notcorrect when 'Restrict Search to columns' is set.Euro Info is expecting to have results which are included between the 'Start' column and 'End' column.
    over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

    "bypass generate processor" check box on the edit/retrieve SCM endevor panel is irrelevant.

    when editing or retrieving an element from endevor SCM. in the EDIT/RETRIVE pannel one of the options is :"bypass generate processor" . this check box is irrelevant. since when editing no generation should be performed. so it has to be checked wit...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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