The following tools are available after installing Productivity!.
Please note that exact set of tools included depend on edition; the Pro! mark highlights tools available in Productivity! Pro only.
All tools offered by Productivity! belong to the following groups:
Please refer the table below to find more about content of these groups.
Also, there you can find short description of every tool included into Productivity!
| Tool | Purpose |
| Code Generation Tools |
|
| Pro! Delegate.Insight |
Delegate.Insight provides an easy way to generate
methods, which implementations are delegated to another object (delegate). |
| Pro! Introduce.Constructor |
Introduce.Constructor allows easy generation
of constructors intended to initialize appropriate fields of the class. |
| Class.Insight | Class.Insight allows quick finding Java classes with short names matching the word at the cursor position, and inserting the class name found into the caret position along with its import statement. |
| Implement.Insight | Implement.Insight allows quick finding Java classes with short names matching the word at the cursor position and using them either as a super interface or as a super class. |
| Override.Insight | Override.Insight allows quick finding methods to override with names matching the word at the cursor position or a typed word, and overriding them into the class at the cursor position. |
| Constructor.Insight | Constructor.Insight allows quick overriding class constructors. |
| Easy.JavaDoc | Easy.JavaDoc allows easy and convenient generating templates for JavaDoc comments for a particular method or class. |
| Smart.Instantiate | Smart.Instantiate is an additional Class.Insight functionality that allows adding instantiation of a particular class or interface. |
| GetSet.Creator | GetSet.Creator is a tool that allows easy creation of accessors and/or mutators for selected fields of a class. |
| Power Tools |
|
| Pro! Assistant |
The set of assistants those show information
about the particular issue and/or list of possible actions to complete. |
| Pro! Rename Assistant |
This tool simplifies identifiers renaming by introducing "in-place" rename approach. |
| Pro! Task List |
The Task List is a tool that allows viewing
and managing the list of tasks, code issues and to-do’s. |
| Pro! Advanced To-Do's |
The Advanced To-Do’s tool is further expansion
of the To-Do comments concept by treating them as tasks with set of attributes
like priority, status, owner etc. |
| Pro! Smart.Templates |
The Smart.Templates is advanced template engine
that provides set of sophisticated features, like linked fields, calculated
fields; expression and functions supports. It introduces advanced code
templates those can be easily adapted to particular coding style coding
style. |
| Pro! Smart.JavaDoc |
The Smart.JavaDoc tool is additional viewer
for Java file node that offers JavaDoc authoring in mode that is very
close to WYSIWYG one. |
| Editor Enhancements |
|
| Smart.Braces
|
The Smart.Braces is a tool that allows easy creation
of closing braces while you are typing. |
| Pro! Code Folding Enhancements | Ability to fold JavaDoc comments and collapse all of them (by using special button on the view toolbar. |
| Pro! Classes Highlight | Allows highlighting classes used in the code. |
| Pro! Thumbnail Gutter
|
The Thumbnail Gutter represents additional gutter
placed near vertical scrollbar of editor pane and allows showing gutter
marks for the whole source file as well as navigate to them. |
| Pro! Smart.Clipboard |
The Smart.Clipboard represents several tools
used for provide more efficient clipboard operations. These tools include
clipboard management, swapping context of clipboard with current selection,
inserting pasted Java code with correct indent along with required import
statements etc. |
| Pro! Smart.Gutter |
The Smart.Gutter is additional gutter placed
near standard JBuilder editor gutter and is used for showing various hints
concerning corresponding code in editor by arranging appropriate gutter
marks. |
| Pro! Smart.Braces.Highlight |
The Smart.Braces.Highlight tool providers matching
braces highlight and navigation operations as well as showing code fragment
that corresponds to appropriate brace. |
| Pro! Matching.Code.Highlight |
The Matching.Code.Highlight tool performs highlighting
of code matching to one at caret position as well as displaying appropriate
code fragment in the popup window. |
| Pro! Changes Highlight |
The Changes Highlight Highlights changed lines
if Java source on the gutter. |
| Pro! Methods
and Classes Separator |
The Methods and Classes Separator tool visually
separates classes and methods from each other by painting horizontal line
at the top of declaration. |
| Pro! Current
Line Highlight |
The Current Line Highlight tool highlights the
line under cursor in the current editor with appropriate background color.
|
| Pro! Smart.Selection |
The Smart.Selection tool offers sophisticated
code selection functionality that is based on n structure of Java program.
It allows expanding/narrowing selection incrementally using appropriate code
elements as well as quickly selection of whole statement, code block, method
or class. |
| Pro! Advanced Text
View Status Bar |
The Advanced Text View Status Bar represents
a replacement of standard component that allows viewing of class and method
for current caret position, caret offset, and lines count. |
| IDE Improvements |
|
| Pro! Project
View Synchronizer |
This tool provides functionality for synchronizing
of currently active file with the corresponding node in the JBuilder Project
View. |
| Pro! Java
Structure Synchronizer |
The Java Structure Synchronizer allows synchronizing
the Java Structure View with current caret position in the editor. |
| Pro! Change.ReadOnly |
The Change.ReadOnly allows easy viewing and managing
the read-only status for file nodes. |
| Navigation Tools |
|
| Pro! Persistent.Bookmarks |
ThePersistent.Bookmarks tool offers advanced
bookmarks functionality. These bookmarks are persistent between sessions
of JBuilder, are associated not only with editor, but also with file and
JBuilder project. |
| Pro! View Navigator |
The View Navigator tool allows quick navigation
by source elements (classes, methods, fields), issues/errors, editing points
or search results. |
| Pro! Navigator.Insight |
The Navigator.Insight is specialized insight
used for quick controlling of View Navigator. |
| Browse.Insight |
Browse.Insight
allows quick finding Java classes with short names matching
the word at the cursor position and browsing them or the appropriate
help topics. |
| Browse.Members |
Browse.Members
allows quick finding members belonging to the current discovered
context and browsing them. |
| Hyperlinks.Navigate |
Hyperlinks.Navigate
is a tool that allows easy and convenient navigation through symbols
definitions basing on the concept of hyperlinks. |
| Pro! Search Results and References Highlight |
This tool is intended to highlight in
the editor various things found during search or find references operations. |
| Pro! Local References Highlight |
This tool allows finding local references of the symbol under caret and highlighting them. |
| Information Tools |
|
| Hyperlinks.Help |
Hyperlinks.Help
allows easy and convenient viewing help topics for particular
symbols. |
| Help.Insight |
Help.Insight
allows easy viewing help topics, if any, for
the identifier at the caretposition. Also, it provides quick help for items
shown in JBuilder built-in Member Insight and Productivity! insights. |
| Context.Insight |
Context.Insight
is a tool that allows you to check context of the current cursor
position. Context.Insight collects information about all classes and
methods and shows it using the insight popup window. |
See also: Customizing Productivity!