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Monitored variables should have a qualification about the program they belong to

Variables which are shown in the monitors view stay there also when the active module changes. If you have variables with the same name in more than one program in the run unit that is tested the debugging session and add them to the monitors view...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

RDz: Add ZOOM command line feature to enable content assist for input dataset from JCL member

1) Add operation to activate feature by keyword ZOOM from command line2) Allow content assist functionality of browse, edit, view of input dataset in JCL member3) Add menu selection to work with input data set in content assist
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Allow i for INSERT to add a line above the first line in LPEX Editor

Allow a line to be inserted with INSERT above the first line in the LPEX Editor.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Make what action a double click performs in the Remote System Deatils view configurable.

When double clicking a running job, I would prefer it to "go into" instead of opening the Spool.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz needs a warning dialog for logon reconnect from another workstation

RDz needs a warning dialog for logon reconnect from another workstation Currently, it is not possible to make the duplicate connect (logon) behaviour same, from RDz Client and PCOM to host. Using -Dsingle.logon=true the customer confirms that the ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor: Change editor by "Open with"

After opening a file or member by System z Data Editor it should be possible to change the editor by "Open with". The System z Data Editor doesn't offer this function.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

System z Data Editor: Show found string using Find-Function

If you do a find request within the System z Data Editor the first line containing the string is highlighted and is scrolled to the beginning of the editor view. But we would like the editor to do additional highlighting to the string found and to...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol formatter: preference for second command word

We would like to set an indentation value for the second word of a command, esp. for MOVE ... TO ... If the line is too short it should be broken before the "TO" and next line indented.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Cobol Editor: Overwrite block starting at position without marking target area

When inserting a block in Toggle Block Selection Mode while mode "Overwrite" is in effect the copied block should replace a block with same size starting at current position.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz 9.0.1 The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way.

The linking between the Outline view and editor when viewing JCL only works one way. When you select something in the Outline view the JCLin the editor repositions to that location in the JCL as expected. When you reposition the cursor (current li...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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