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Add editor support for finding workflow elements #701

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glopesdev opened this issue Aug 2, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1074
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Add editor support for finding workflow elements #701

glopesdev opened this issue Aug 2, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1074
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As workflows grow in size and complexity, it becomes more important to provide advanced editor search features. Specifically, we are aiming for the following find by features:

  • name (or type name)
  • property name
  • property value
  • element category

The scope of the find feature can be global or constrained to the selected workflow. The find results will be listed in a docked view expanding from the bottom of the editor, with each row displaying the specific find category (name, property, etc). Double-clicking on each find result will make the editor select the node (opening intermediate workflow editors if necessary).

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glopesdev commented Oct 9, 2022

An alternative approach to implementing find without requiring new UI elements is to follow the strategy of text editors and provide a command for finding the next or previous element from the current position of the cursor, and then moving the cursor to that position, e.g. with F3 or Shift+F3.

The search could also be triggered from the textbox with a new context menu that searches for workflow element name in the first instance.

@glopesdev glopesdev added this to the 2.7.0 milestone Oct 10, 2022
@glopesdev glopesdev changed the title Add advanced editor support for finding workflow elements Add editor support for finding workflow elements Oct 10, 2022
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