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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 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

save filter in the outline view

In the view menu of the outline view it is possible to filter the entrys shown. Unfortunately I did not find a way to save the filter. The rfe is about saving the filter or setting a default filter somewhere. I compare the requested feature to a f...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 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 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Include Locate Job button in RDz user build

When a user build is submitted, a dialog box is returned with the job number and an informational message to check the JES output to see if the job needs to be purged or reviewed (for the additional host side response).Adding the Locate Job option...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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

Add ISPF ?COPY" "CREATE" & "REPLACE" functionality to the LPEX EDITOR
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under 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 10 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 10 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 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 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 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

PL/I compiler options cut off

A client reports at https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/480466/how-can-i-get-all-of-my-pli-compiler-options-to-wo-3.html that they would like to use a long set of PL/I compiler options, but it gets cut off by IDz, forcing them to break up ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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