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I wanted to use Navigator to navigate in Java source structure. I expected something like IDEA provides for Ctrl+F12 <http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/docs/help/viewingstructure/filestructureview.html>. At first glance Navigator provides such feature BUT it's window cannot be showed as dialog over editor. It's just wasting space in *corner* all the time (well I can slide it). Why is it so important for me? When I navigate to a method/field it's my primary task at the moment so let the UI appear right in the center of screen over editor. Once I select destination method and hit ENTER it means that the navigation task finishes and it's UI disappears. Again compare to IDEA, they go one step further gaining times better usability. Sably enough in other respects are our and their implementations comparable.
Hm, yes, I also see some value in this. Although you can nearly simulate use case you described with sliding navigator, difference in position is important (user is distracted from working in editor, have to look on the side and back).
Implemented by "members" actions - Ctrl+F12, Ctrl+Shift+F12