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Bug 227119

Summary:	Alternative view: collection nodes presented as columns, object properties presented as rows
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	ecerichter
Component:	Java	Assignee:	Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Version:	7.4
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	<no description>

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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