processing / processing/processing4
PDE enhancements - variable highlight + pop out console
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Description
Relevant sub-area for this feature?
PDE
Feature description
Hi there,
I would like to request some enhancements to the PDE.
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When you click on a variable, it would be good to see on the right side of the scroll bar instances of the variable. Tabs containing the variables should also be highlighted.
This feature is available in Matlab editor.
Notepad++ has the highlighting but not the side bar. -
The ability to pop out the console. This will be very helpful for people developing GUI connected to pieces of hardware (e.g. Arduino, NI-USB ...)
Benefits
The highlighting feature will allow an easy access to all lines containing a given variable.
The ability of the pop out the console will add convenience when debugging code using two monitors: one monitor for the GUI, the other monitor for the IDE and the console side by side.
Possible challenges
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Additional context
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Would you like to work on the issue?
This should be easy to implement for someone familiar with the IDE development.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the PDE editor and console entry points in the processing4 repository. Review how editor tabs, the scrollbar, variable highlighting, and the console are currently handled; done means both requested enhancements work together without disrupting existing PDE behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100