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dbattaglia
Contributor
6 years ago

Code Explorer Panel Discontinued in TestComplete 14

I just read the release notes on TestComplete 14 (https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/general-info/whats-new.html) and am a bit puzzled about the discontinuation of the Code Explorer pane...
  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    6 years ago

    Hello,

     

    Ok, there seems to be a confusion indeed. We are not going to improve the panel and will stop testing it in future versions of TestComplete to release resources for other testing tasks. However, there is no intention to remove it completely.

     

    We will delete the note about the panel's removal in the documentation to avoid further confusion.

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dbattaglia
Contributor

that's funny. we don't use the code metrics at all--oops, did i say that out loud?...

 

i primarily use the Code Explorer panel as a navigation pane. it gives you a sorted list of all the assets.

 

you sort of get that in the editor drop down--but only for the open file. you have no visibility of what files are in the current project.

 

so, with the Code Explorer panel going away, you will have to go to two places to see everything you can see in one place today:

Project Explorer for the list of all files

Code Editor dropdown for the list of all code things in each file

Code Metrics ...??? not sure where that is going. maybe just away...

Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
Dmitry_Nikolaev
Staff
6 years ago

Hello,

 

The Code Explorer panel was an unpopular feature, so we hide it by default. However, it is still in TestComplete, and we are not going to remove it completely. To make it visible, open the Select Panel dialog (View | Select Panel...) and double-click the Code Explorer item.

  • dbattaglia's avatar
    dbattaglia
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    ...you say that the Code Explorer panel will not be removed, then why do the release notes state

     

    "The panel will be removed in one of the future releases."

     

    ...?

     

    losing this panel would not break the app, but i find it helpful.

    • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
      Dmitry_Nikolaev
      Staff
      6 years ago

      Hello,

       

      Ok, there seems to be a confusion indeed. We are not going to improve the panel and will stop testing it in future versions of TestComplete to release resources for other testing tasks. However, there is no intention to remove it completely.

       

      We will delete the note about the panel's removal in the documentation to avoid further confusion.

      • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
        TanyaYatskovska
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        6 years ago

        Thanks for the clarification, Dmitry!

    • dbattaglia's avatar
      dbattaglia
      Contributor
      6 years ago

       ^^^

      Dmitry_Nikolaev 

       

      TanyaYatskovska  -- looks like mentioning does work afterall! it seems like the @ does not trigger the user selection dialog if it is directly next to another character, like next to a left parenthesis--(@

      perhaps i did something like that.

      thanks for the response!

      daniel