always-on highlight usages

Do you really think this feature is worth to be implemented? Isn't pressing
ctrl-shift-f7 a simple way of getting usages highlighted while no cluttering
the UI with intrusive highlighting?

Eugene.

"Peter Morelli" <no_mail@jetbrains.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way to permanently turn on highlight usages, similar to the

Eclipse option? So, whatever my cursor happens to be on, IDEA highlights
usages(CTRLSHIFTF7) in the current file.
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If not, I'll file a request...

-1. This may look nice on keynotes and feature charts (the usual "eclipse has it" bs), but one must be on drugs to find this really useful.

-1. This may look nice on keynotes and feature charts (the usual "eclipse has
it" bs), but one must be on drugs to find this really useful.

too many donuts, hot summer days and lots of sugar... -1 here too.

R
ps thanks for the shortcut hint :)

Unfortunately, no drugs, but having had to use Eclipse at work for a bit, I do actually find it useful. Usually picks out inlines I can quickly do (and haven't noticed), and places where I reuse a variable that I hadn't noticed.

Obviously, we should be able to turn this on and off.

I see this as something similar to highlighting the current scope in the gutter, a useful accent to the editor display.

What I don't like is Eclipse's bright yellow highlight, I'd probably like to have that a little lighter, or customizable. ;o)

I'll file a feature request soon.

Note that variable reuse, redundant local variables, and variables declared in too broad a scope are all detectable via inspections in Irida, so highlighting and quickfixes are already available for those use cases.

--Dave Griffith

Sorry to disappoint you, but -1 from me well.

(Remember when a couple of vocal people where screaming about adding a "Save this file" action? While any option may seem harmless in itself, I believe that IDEA developers must stand firm on which options make sense and which do not.)

Speaking on CTRL-SHIFT-F7: I don't like that the behavior is different depending on whether some text is selected or not. I find this behavior to be one of IDEA's rare usability flukes. (And yes, I know: it was inspired by a request!)

Fair enough. Doesn't seem to be too much desire for this, and, as Dave pointed out, most of the functionality is accessible through other means...

thanks...

Peter Morelli wrote:

Is there a way to permanently turn on highlight usages, similar to the Eclipse option? So, whatever my cursor happens to be on, IDEA highlights usages(CTRLSHIFTF7) in the current file.

If not, I'll file a request...

+1

It's really useful while reading though some codes

Very strange, I searched some possibility to make this feature in
Eclipse work like in IDEA, because it annoyed me absolutely.

Tom