Lightning bundle navigation idea
Issue #720
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Been writing Lightning components in IC for a while now and one thing I have found which can get a little messy is working with the different parts of a Lightning bundle.
I'm not sure if this is within the boundaries of what you can develop for the IDE, but I was thinking perhaps it would be nice to allow the file tabs at the top to display a dropdown when clicked which allowed you to select which file within the bundle you want to open. This would reduce the mess in the tab set.
If you wanted, you could perhaps drag the files from the list into the tab set if you needed to (ideal for instances where you may want to split the view which I do on regular basis).
Just an idea anyway. Nothing important. :)
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repo owner
Here's a screenshot showing what it looks like when you use Related Symbol navigation from within a Lightning bundle file:
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Well - this changes everything Scott. I didn't know this existed! Thanks for your very cool tip! :)
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repo owner
Glad to hear! If this meets your needs adequately feel free to resolve this enhancement. Otherwise we can keep it open for a tabbed solution, though as I said, I'm not 100% sure that's something I can do easily in IntelliJ's plugin framework.
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I think I'm happy enough to resolve this. :) Thanks Scott.
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Luke, are you aware of how Navigate>Related Symbol works within Lightning bundles? On Windows/Linux you can use Ctrl+Alt+Home, and on Mac Ctrl+Cmd+Up, and it will show you all of the Lightning bundle files and, if applicable, the Apex server-side controller class, for easy navigation among the constituent pieces. It's not quite the same as the bottom-tabbed UI, but it does provide VERY fast navigation in a Lightning context.
As far as the original question, I have considered looking into whether/how a more consolidated editor UI might work in IntelliJ IDEA, both for Lightning bundles and for source files with companion
meta.xmlfiles. Once I have the 2.0 features in-the-wild I might revisit that since it does come up as a frequent request from folks.Anyway, let me know whether related file navigation helps with this or not. If you haven't been using it my guess is that it will be a major time-saver for you!