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Find in Widget Tree
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It would be just a tad bit quicker to find something in the Widget Tree if a widget on the screen editor had a context menu option to "Find in Widget Tree" that way you don't have to open the Widget Tree first, it just auto-opens to the Widget Tree and auto-focuses the widget, simply by selecting the context menu option.

22 Jan 2019
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I agree. Better search would be great. Having worked in other IDEs I find it very convenient to have a separate search box for different views and editors. Currently, If I'm not missing anything we have just one searchbox on the top right corner. 

23 Jan 2019
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2014-02-07 17-02-43
Vasco Pessanha
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01 Feb 2019
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Merged this idea with 'Widget Tree Filter' (created on 30 Jan 2020 11:58:42 by Ritchel Magtibay)
04 Feb 2020
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A capability to filter the widget tree may be using a search box would be really nice.  Or if a quicker way to go back and drill down to the required item in a very deep widget already exists, please let me know. Thank you.



This comment was:
- originally posted on idea 'Widget Tree Filter' (created on 30 Jan 2020 by Ritchel Magtibay)
- merged to idea 'Find in Widget Tree' on 04 Feb 2020 15:23:01 by Kilian Hekhuis
30 Jan 2020
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The only way I can think of is just clicking the item on the screen - it will be highlighted in the tree.



This comment was:
- originally posted on idea 'Widget Tree Filter' (created on 30 Jan 2020 by Ritchel Magtibay)
- merged to idea 'Find in Widget Tree' on 04 Feb 2020 15:23:01 by Kilian Hekhuis
04 Feb 2020
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Hi Kilian,  

Thank you for the merge and for responding to my post.  Appreciate it.

I can confirm that the 'click item on screen - highlight on tree' is actually the current behavior.  

So from the widget tree, I can jump back to the screen (mobile for example) and scroll up/down to find my widget.  Which is okay, I guess.  But still similar pain point to drilling-up/down the widget tree, if you know what I mean?

Kind regards,

R

06 Feb 2020
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Yes, I've had similar problems, I think this is a good idea.

07 Feb 2020
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2014-02-07 17-02-43
Vasco Pessanha
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on 06 Apr 2020

Hey Robert,

I'm glad to announce that we've implemented your idea and, since last Service Studio version, you can simply right-click in a widget to sync the widget in the Widget Tree.

Thanks a lot for your idea and for contributing to our product. As usual, you can find a public acknowledgment for your idea in the product's release notes:

https://www.outsystems.com/Downloads/ScreenDetails.aspx?MajorVersion=11&ReleaseId=19440&ComponentName=Development+Environment


Cheers,

06 Apr 2020
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