Source pane

The source pane of the AppBrowser provides a full-featured editor. It gives you access to your source code and offers many powerful features such as:

You can customize the editing environment by using the Editor page of the Editor Options dialog box (Tools|Editor Options).

Getting help

For help with keywords, place the cursor on a keyword and press F1 to view the Java documentation.

To get help on a Java symbol, such as a class, interface, or method, click the name. Then right-click and select Find Definition. The source code is displayed in the source pane. See "Finding a symbol's definition." The reference documentation is displayed in the doc pane.

Right-click in the source pane to see the source pane pop-up menu. Choose Properties to set such options as parse delay and sorting order in the Structure View Properties dialog box. These same options can also be set on the Java Structure page of the Editor Options dialog box (Tools|Editor Options).

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