isCOBOL IDE enhancements
The isCOBOL IDE 2022 R1, now based on Eclipse 2021-09 (4.21), requires at least Java version 11 by default, but offers full support for Java 17. There are many improvements in performance stability and usability on a day-by-day usage. Below is an extract of the new functionalities:
• A new "System" theme is available in the Appearance preference page. This theme is built using system colors, and as a consequence integrates well with any OS and OS theme. Also, there were many enhancements on “dark” theme to style better menus, drop down controls, tool-tips, progress bars and more.
• A new preference, Enable word wrap, is available in the Console preference page. This setting persists the current state of the "Word wrap" toggle onto the console view between user sessions. By default, word wrapping is disabled on console output.
• In the Console view, you can repeat your last search in the forward or backward direction in the following ways: Right-click in the Console view, then select Find Next or Find Previous.
• Previous Edit Location navigation (formerly named Last Edit Location) is now expanded to remember multiple edit locations. The last 15 edit locations are now remembered. For convenience, similar edit locations in close proximity to each other are also merged so that each of the 15 remembered locations remains distinct. Ctrl+Alt+LEFT_ARROW (or on Mac Ctrl+Opt+LEFT_ARROW) navigates to the most recent edit location, just as Ctrl+Q always has in prior releases.
• You can now scroll horizontally in the Text Editor using Shift+Mouse Wheel and touchpad gestures on Windows. Horizontal scrolling with touchpad already works on Linux and MacOS.