The z Systems® LPEX
Editor, PL/I Editor, and PL/I Compare Editor provide various ways to navigate to and from
variable declarations, even when a variable is declared in a different file.
Procedure
To navigate to and from variable declarations:
- To navigate in a PL/I program from a variable or method
name, perform one of the following actions:
- Position the text cursor on a field or paragraph name and
press the F3 key.
- Hover the cursor over a variable or method name, hold down
the Ctrl key, and click.
- Right-click the data item reference, and select Open
Declaration from the menu.
If the declaration is in the same file as the reference, the
editor navigates to the declaration in the same editor. If the declaration
is in a collapsed region, the region is expanded. If the reference
is in another file and the location of the file can be determined,
the source file is opened in a new instance of the editor.
- Hovering the cursor over a variable or procedure causes
a hover information window to display details about the highlighted
element. Hovering the cursor over this window causes a toolbar to
be displayed. The toolbar contains a toolbar button for opening the
declaration of the hovered element.
- To jump to the editor location of your most recent text
change, use the Last Edit Location (Ctrl+Q)
action.
This action available for the PL/I Editor only.
- To navigate the annotations in the editor, use the Next
Annotation (Ctrl+.) and Previous Annotation (Ctrl+,)
actions. The types of annotations visited by these actions can be
configured by using the Annotations page. To
access this preference, click or use the menu for
the buttons on the toolbar.
This action is available for
the PL/I Editor only.
- To jump to the location of the next or previous Package
or Procedure, use the Go To Next Element (Ctrl+Shift+Down)
and Go To Previous Element (Ctrl+Shift+Up)
actions.
This action available for the PL/I Editor only.
- To list all the occurrences of the selected language element
in the Search view, use the Occurrences in Compilation
Unit (Ctrl+Shift+U) action. Then, you can use the Next (Ctrl+.)
and Previous (Ctrl+,) actions to jump to the
location of the next or previous occurrences. To return the focus
to the editor, press Enter.
- When you use another view, such as the Outline, Search,
or Perform Hierarchy views, a navigation history entry is created.
To jump to the previous editor locations visited by these navigation
commands, use the Backward History (Alt+Left)
and Forward History (Alt+Right) actions. You
can also use the left arrow (
) icon to go back
to a previous location and the right arrow (
) icon to move forward. These icons are in the menu bar.
- To navigate to the declaration of a language element, use
the Open Declaration (F3) action. The action
is also available in the editor menu, or as a hyperlink.
- To open the include file that is referenced in an Include
Statement, use the Open Include File action.
The action is available in the editor menu, or as a hyperlink.
- To open a procedure that is referenced in a CALL, EXEC CICS® LINK, or EXEC CICS XCTL Statement, use the Open
Procedure and Open File actions.
The name of the procedure or file available to be opened is determined
statically.
- If the name of the procedure of file cannot be determined statically,
then these actions are not available.
- If the procedure is located within the same compilation unit,
you can navigate to the procedure by using the Open Procedure action.
Otherwise, you can use the Open File action to search for and open
a file. The name of the procedure or file available to be opened
is determined statically. The action is available in the editor menu,
or as a hyperlink.