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Hi, has the drop down class method menu in the java editor been removed since 4.0. I don't seem to be able to find this feature in 4.1. Thanks
Created attachment 22892 [details] Pic of what it looks like
The drop-down method list was replaced by navigator in NetBeans 4.1.
To me, there is no feature of the 4.1 Navigator that can not be hosted in a dropdown list within the editor itself. The dropdown is more intuitive. Having a different window seems to be an overkill, unless there are more features planned that are not hostable within a dropdown list.
I much prefer the navigator when trying to find the source for a particular method in large files. But the navigator is useless for telling me what method I'm currently in and I really miss that functionality. Even if the navigator did show me what method I'm currently in, which it appears not to in 4.1 (freeform project), it wouldn't be any help anyway - because it takes up too much space, so I've got it minimised (as I reckon most people probably do). With the navigation drop box, I didn't have to press anything, which is good. Coz when I'm in a method and can't tell which one because it's either too big or too complex - then I'm probably looking at some relatively hairy code (hopefully not mine) and the last thing I want to do is waste time and brain space having to go and hunt up the navigator window. I guess I don't really want the dropbox back; as I said, I prefere the navigator for actually navigating *to* methods. But I need some way to be able to tell what method the cursor is currently sitting in *without* having to perform GUI actions and perform a mental context switch. I reckon a simple key combo might be workable, but I'd much rather not press anything (keyboard or mouse) at all.
I agree with 'stolley' the 'where am I' feature of this tool was very useful.
Created attachment 130127 [details] breadcrumbs solve this issue - example IMHO the breadcrumbs feature which is introduced with 7.3 solves this issue. * the current method is shown * click at the arrow shows all methods within the current class http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans_73_NewAndNoteworthy#Breadcrumbs
Resolve as worksforme - see http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60494#c6