Cascading inline display and preview of related information for elements in a document

摘要

An inline view port is presented to a 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 that is being investigated. The user further has the ability to dive further into portions of the viewport document without having to leave the current editor, drive into additionally relevant portions of code through the viewport, and cascade the viewports such that multiple levels of depth of relationships can be viewed in the viewport.

主权项

1. A method of interacting with a code in an integrated design environment comprising:
displaying at least a portion of the code in a user interface; opening an inline view in the code; displaying at least a portion of a first document in the inline view; indicating in the at least a portion of the first document at least one identifier; receiving an indication that a user has selected the at least one identifier; presenting a set of relationships associated with the selected at least one identifier on the user interface; receiving a selection of at least one relationship in the set of relationships; retrieving a second document associated with the selected relationship; and displaying at least a portion of the second document in the inline view.