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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Editors
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 18, 2020

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PL/I-Editor Code Folding

We would like to have the option of Code Folding within the PL/I-Editor. When you have a huge source with many looping and conditional statements code folding would help in order to find the correct blocks within the source or to hide some complexity when you would like to concentrate on other parts of the source.

We would like to have this feature optionally – so there should be a setting within the PL/I editor preferences which allows us to enable or disable this feature. When the feature is enabled minus signs should appear in the Annotation Bar next to code blocks which can be folded (eg IF THEN ELSE, DO, SELECT, …).

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 22, 2020

    This enhancement was delivered in IBM Developer for Z/OS 14.2.3.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 12, 2020

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    |     Feb 19, 2020

    In IDz 14.2.1.1 you have a new "Filter View" function. This is close to what you requests.
    Also showing the "Outline" view is very helpfull and also "Program Control Flow" helps.
    I like the latter one a lot because it can tell me how I can get to a specific procedure and hide all other calls.
    Still a nice suggestion - should not be that big a problem now we know the editor can insert +-signs for folding code.

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