cut/copy/paste in project browser

[Jan van Mastbergen]

Lately I have been working on creating a unified implementation model from the reverse engineered models of two similar applications that have drifted apart. I am maintaining several copies of these models (reference/read-only, scratch pad, new work in progress etc.) in one database, so by now it contains some 13000 classes in 140 packages. All of the time i find myself moving stuff around f.i. moving attributes higher up the class tree etc. Within the project browser I can do this easily by dragging but it gets tedious when the expanded list is about a mile long. Also when I accidentally release the mouse button at the wrong moment I have dropped by attribute God knows where in the model desert.

To make my life a little easier the following features would help:

• Can you please implement element cut/copy/paste in the project browser, so I can select my (multiple) items and then navigate at ease to the place where I would want to drop them.
  
• Even more fancy would be the possibility to have multiple open project browsers  
  
• Display the fully qualified name of a selected item in the status bar at the bottom, i.e. including the path through the package tree.
  

Regards, Jan

[Dave_Bullet]

Multiple project browsers - I agree.

Control drag to copy would be nice to - like Windows explorer (rather than explicit copy/paste)

I've also suggested a favourites / bookmarks / shortcuts in the past for common or frequently accessed packages

Cheers,
David.

[«Midnight»]

All good ideas Jan, Dave.

Perhaps sometime down the road we can have multiple open projects in a single session. But I agree, let's start with the general functionality, then broaden it.

David

[thomaskilian]

Add my vote. So far I was just cursing. A 2nd browser would definitely help!

[salayande]

Good ideas. Has my vote.

Segun

[cuninghamd]

Excellent idea,
 Has my vote

Dave.