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Usability

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Single Sign on with RTC and IDz

We use Rational Team Concert and IBM Developer for z.Users must logon in both Systems. Passwort in IDz cannot be stored because of security.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

shortcut menu manager

i implemented actions in the menu manager and i need run options to include shortcut for exemple CTR+SHIFT+2 for the action
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Automation to import workspace settings between versions of IDz

Thru this RFE, request IBM team to consider providing an option that can help to migrate settings from past work space to the new work space. In the current world, we recommend develops to either 1) make a copy of their existing work space and use...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Add Host Connection Emulators (HCE) to PushToClient

Specific configuration settings are required by our RDz 8.5.x and 9.0.1 clients: 1. z/OS Remote System Connections2. Host Connection Emulators (HCEs - one for each Remote System Connection)3. Help Content URLs (enablement/disablement)4. Other Soft...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

save more eclipse view preferences

We're facing the fact, that some preferences for views are not saved when closing and reopening the IDz client. For example there are views that do keep the size and order of their columns whereas other views don't. Or there are views that have th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Increase ease of use for updating SYSLIB in remote property group definitions

Currently the SYSLIB definition in property groups is presented as a single field containing several blank-separated data set names.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

optimize content assist for big Cobol modules

Under some conditions, content assist can completely freeze the UI, interrupting flow of work. This should not happen: either the completion should return results quickly (under a few seconds) or it should stop blocking after a configurable timeou...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

Next Word and Prev Word should not stop on dashes in variable names in the COBOL editor

New Word (Ctrl+Right) and Prev Word (Ctrl+Left) should not stop at the dashes in variable names in the COBOL Editor. This behavior cripples the function.
almost 9 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.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Improve dark mode

It's useful for all developers that love dark mode (my self included) - it is also more energy-efficient! But the current state of your dark mode option is still missing a lot :( Some issues I have found with dark mode: 1. The text in the search-f...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration