Vector35 / Vector35/binaryninja-api

Access type for variables in xrefs tab

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Component: UI Effort: Medium Impact: Medium UI: Cross References
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Description

What is the feature you'd like to have?
Currently afaik it's not displayed. It may be useful to sort by access types, especially if there is a lot of xrefs.

Additional Information:
Simple example how it may be done (by adding another column)
image

And here is example of this feature in IDA:
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Research direction

The issue names the xrefs tab but no source files or tests. Start by locating the xrefs tab implementation and existing variable-reference display code, then determine how access types should be represented and sorted; done means access types are visible and the references can be sorted by them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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