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Bug 199247 - 'Next Error' should highlight compiler error & update status bar
Summary: 'Next Error' should highlight compiler error & update status bar
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: cnd
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Navigation (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: issues@cnd
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Reported: 2011-06-07 21:16 UTC by tbrunhoff
Modified: 2011-06-08 18:44 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description tbrunhoff 2011-06-07 21:16:19 UTC 
When the menu item Navigate-->Next Error (or the hot key) is selected, the ide properly updates the edit window so that the cursor is on the line referenced in the next compile error message. However, its not possible to see what the text description of the error is without additional navigation (like clicking on the warning symbol in the left column). I believe that, like other IDEs the compiler output pane should highlight the current error, and perhaps the status bar at the bottom should be filled with the error text.

Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201106041000)
Java: 1.6.0_23; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 19.0-b09
System: Linux version 2.6.35.12-90.fc14.x86_64 running on i386; UTF-8; en_US (nb)
Userdir: /home/toddb/.netbeans/dev
Comment 1 tbrunhoff 2011-06-07 21:35:12 UTC 
My apologies: I was using the hot key attached to 'Next Error' which I thought corresponded to the Navigate menu item of the same name.

Instead, Navigate-->Next Error corresponds to the action 'Next Error in Editor' which does the things I suggested above.

I'm don't know the purpose of the 'Next Error' action, but either
 - the name of the Next Error action should change so that it no longer matches the (different) menu item.
 - the name of the Next Error in Editor action should change to match the Navigate-->Next Error menu item.
 - the name of the Navigate-->Next Error menu item should change to match the Next Error in Editor action.
Comment 2 Alexander Simon 2011-06-08 06:49:05 UTC 
It looks as enchantment.
Comment 3 tbrunhoff 2011-06-08 14:25:57 UTC 
I think you mean enhancement... but I actually like the thought of it being an enchantment :-)

The original description would be an enhancement, but my comment above I think is more of a bug: confusing and conflicting names for the user. Not a big bug, but a bug just the same.
Comment 4 Alexander Simon 2011-06-08 18:31:06 UTC 
sorry, of course i mean enhancement
Comment 5 Alexander Simon 2011-06-08 18:44:37 UTC 
Actions Navigate-->Next Error/Previous Error are common for all languages.
Java has the same behavior.
So it bug should be addressed to platform.