racket / racket/drracket

(definitions...) button hierarchy as a hierarchical list control to the left of code

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Description

Reasons:

  • Using a hierarchical list control would make navigation of large files(1) possible via the scrolling and folding facilities in a hierarchical list control
  • as it is a pop up button it disappears when focus is lost (so I can't take a screenshot)
  1. e.g. drracket/private/unit.rkt

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Research direction

Start by examining the definitions control in the DrRacket code, using drracket/private/unit.rkt as the example file named in the issue. The change is complete when definitions appear in a hierarchical list to the left of the code, with scrolling and folding for large files, and the control remains available after focus changes.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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