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Bug 227119 - Alternative view: collection nodes presented as columns, object properties presented as rows
Summary: Alternative view: collection nodes presented as columns, object properties pr...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: debugger
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Java (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal (vote)
Assignee: Martin Entlicher
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Reported: 2013-03-06 18:59 UTC by ecerichter
Modified: 2013-03-06 19:00 UTC (History)
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2013-03-06 19:00 UTC, ecerichter 		Details
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Description ecerichter 2013-03-06 18:59:25 UTC 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201303042300)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.7.0_13
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 23.7-b01

Very often developers need to compare collection nodes (aka objects inside a collection), putting values side-by-side.
In this manner, would be nice if we can get a alternative view for collections of same base type that allow to have nodes in columns and object properties side by side in rows.

Some facts about the proposed idea:

- The suggested layout works well for small collections (not too small considering the 24 and 32 wide screens available today in development desks)
- It would need to be paginated (or horizontal scrollabe) for larger collections.
- Default representation of cells should be the toString even for arrays, because it is not a tree (would it be?)

Please, see attached sketch for reference.

Kind regards,

Edson
Comment 1 ecerichter 2013-03-06 19:00:35 UTC 
Created attachment 132288 [details]
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