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Bug 186651

Summary:	Add scope highlighting similar to new BlueJ 3.0
Product:	editor	Reporter:	rudyment <rudyment>
Component:	Painting & Printing	Assignee:	Miloslav Metelka <mmetelka>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Other
URL:	http://www.bluej.org/
See Also:	http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182513
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description rudyment 2010-05-25 10:55:26 UTC

Editor in the prepared new version of BlueJ can emphasize block arrangement of programs. Each of the nested block has another background color. This option can make the complicated code much more clear.

Comment 1 markiewb 2012-10-16 13:17:29 UTC

See also http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182513

Comment 2 kalwi 2014-05-16 12:59:44 UTC

Btw, this feature is present also in Oracle JDeveloper.

I would also enjoy a possibility to display only the selected scope (at least a method, but better also an inner code block). Or to make other code outside of the selected scope gray/transparent/not bold. It would really help for better orientation in a wild code :-) This maybe would be a new feature request.