Managing a working set in an integrated development environment

摘要

Files supporting a development activity in an IDE are previewed and are not added to a collection of files in a working set for the development activity. A previewed file is represented by a single preview tab displayed on the user interface. The content of a previewed file can be displayed in a preview display portion of a user interface. The preview tab can be stylistically distinct from a durable tab and can identify the current previewed file. A previewed file can be promoted to a durable file. A promoted previewed file is added to the working set for the development activity.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
at least one processor of a computing device; a memory of the computing device; and at least one module loaded into the memory causing the at least one processor to: manage a plurality of files comprising a working set of files for a development activity in an integrated development environment by: detecting a user action that triggers previewing content of a file, the user action that triggers previewing content of the file is distinct from a user action that triggers fully opening the file, wherein the user action that triggers previewing content of the file is stepping into the file during debugging; in response to detection of the user action that triggers previewing content of the file, transiently previewing content of the file in the integrated development environment, wherein the previewed file is not automatically added to the working set of files for the development activity in response to previewing the file and the previewed file is opened provisionally instead of opened fully as a durable file; displaying content of the previewed file in a preview display stylistically distinct from a display of content of a file comprising a member of the working set of files; and providing a mechanism to promote the previewed file to a durable file and to add the promoted previewed file to the working set of files; wherein a history for previewed files can be viewed separately from a history of fully opened files, wherein promoting a file from preview mode to durable file merges the previewed file history to the durable file history.