When you open a file in the System z® LPEX Editor or PL/I Editor, an
outline of the file opens in the Outline view.
You can filter the contents of the Outline view
to make it easier to focus on specific sections of a program.
About this task
You can control what is shown in the
Outline view
in several ways. From the
Outline view, you can
control the data items or expand and collapse the outline of a PL/I
program.
Procedure
- To filter the Outline view according
to program division, click one of the toolbar buttons at the top of
the view. These buttons in the toolbar toggle the contents of the
view. Click a button to activate the filter. Click it again to restore
the Outline view to its original state.
- To expand and collapse program sections in the Outline view,
click
and select Expand
Outline or Collaspe Outline next
to the program section you want to expand or collapse. When you place
the cursor on a line in the editor, the outline expands or collapses
the corresponding node.
- To limit the data that is shown by name, click
and select Filters. - Type a name pattern in the field. You can use the *
and ? wildcard characters in the filter string. Separate multiple
filter strings with commas.
- Click Ignore case to match strings
in upper, lower, or mixed case.
- Click OK. Any program elements
that match the filter strings are hidden in the Outline view.
To show any of these filtered elements, select Filters again,
delete the filter strings from the field, and click OK.