Searching and Refactoring Actions in NVDL Schemas

Search Actions

The following search actions can be applied on name, useMode, and startMode attributes and are available from the Search submenu in the contextual menu of the current editor or from the Document > References menu:

• Search References - Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the defined scope, if any. If a scope is defined, but the current edited resource is not part of the range of resources determined by this, a warning dialog box is displayed and you have the possibility to define another search scope.
• Search References in - Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the file or files that you specify when define a scope in the Search References dialog box.
• Search Declarations - Searches all declarations of the item found at current cursor position in the defined scope if any. If a scope is defined, but the current edited resource is not part of the range of resources determined by this, a warning dialog box will be displayed and you have the possibility to define another search scope.
• Search Declarations in - Searches all declarations of the item found at current cursor position in the file or files that you specify when you define a scope for the search operation.
• Search Occurrences in File - Searches all occurrences of the item at the cursor position in the currently edited file.

The following action is available from the contextual menu and the Document > Schema menu:

• Show Definition - Moves the cursor to its definition in the schema used by NVDL in order to validate it.
  Note: You can also use the Ctrl Single-Click (Command Single-Click on OS X) shortcut on a reference to display its definition.

Refactoring Actions

The following refactoring actions can be applied on name, useMode, and startMode attributes and are available from the Refactoring submenu in the contextual menu of the current editor or from the Document > Refactoring menu:

• Rename Component - Allows you to rename the current component in-place. The component and all its references in the document are highlighted with a thin border and the changes you make to the component at the cursor position are updated in real time to all occurrences of the component. To exit in-place editing, press the Esc or Enter key on your keyboard.
• Rename Component in - Opens the Rename component_type dialog box that allows you to rename the selected component by specifying the new component name and the files to be affected by the modification. If you click the Preview button, you can view the files affected by the Rename Component action.

  Figure: Rename Identity Constraint Dialog Box