Inline display and preview of related information for elements in a document

摘要

Disclosed herein is a system and method for optimizing a developer's ability to find and navigate relevant documents, relationships, and other information related to an identifier in the code they are developing. An inline viewport is presented to the user in response to the user selecting an identifier in the code whereby the user is able to see relevant information related to the identifier in a spatially consistent location with the code they are investigating. Further, the developer has the ability to make changes to the code in the viewport without leaving the current editor.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining at least one identifier in a portion of code; associating a set of relationships with the at least one identifier; receiving an indication of a selection of a relationship in the set of relationships; accessing a document associated with the selected relationship; and opening in the portion of code at least a portion of the document in a viewport wherein opening the viewport comprises;
creating a visual break point in the portion of the code at a location of the at least one identifier;displacing a second portion of the code that is after the location of the at least one identifier;inserting the viewport in a space between the location and the second portion of the code; andmaintaining a history of actions wherein the history of actions includes a history of documents that have been inserted into the code through the viewport.