robotframework / robotframework/RIDE
Variables content look-up
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Description
Originally submitted to Google Code by radekz1979 on 7 Oct 2009
It would be nice to get possibility to see variable's content by pressing
Ctrl key. It should work similar to Keyword documentation look-up. For
example, I have variable called ${output_dir}. It is configured in Variable
section as let say 'C:\output'. So I would like to get this in a pop-up
window by pressing Ctrl key.
It could be great if it handle also nested variables. E.g. if my
${output_dir} == '${drive_letter}\output}' and there is separately defined
variable ${drive_letter}='C:' it should be correctly solved as 'C:\output'.
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Research direction
Start by finding the existing keyword documentation look-up behavior and the code that handles Ctrl-key activation in the editor. Trace how variables are defined and resolved, including nested variables, before deciding where the pop-up should be integrated. Done means Ctrl-clicking a variable displays its resolved content, including nested references.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100