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Methods Menu

Option Description
Open Opens a browser on the selected program element.
Open To Opens a browser on the selected program element, to a specific page, which you choose from the sub-menu.
Go To Method Goes to a specific method within the current browser.
Add Launches the Add SmartGuide for the program element type you choose from the sub-menu.
Method Template Inserts a method in the current type, following the method template.
Visibility Lets you control what methods are displayed for a particular type.  You can show all methods or only public methods.  You can also control whether methods inherited by the type are shown along with the type's own methods.  If you select To Root Minus One, then all inherited methods, all inherited methods, except those inherited from Java.lang.Object are shown.  If you select To Named Class, you can select one of the classes in the current type's hierarchy, and all methods inherited from that class and all those below it are shown.  Select No Inheritance to view only those methods declared in the current type.
References To Lets you search for code references to the selected method, methods it calls, field it accesses, or types it references.
Declarations of Lets you search for code declarations of the selected method, methods it calls, field it accesses, or types it references.
Replace With Lets you replace the selected method with an edition from the repository.
Delete Deletes the selected method from the workspace (but not from the repository).
Reorganize Provides sub-options for copying, moving, and renaming the selected program element.
Compare With Lets you compare a method with an edition from the repository, or two methods with eachother.
Run If the selected method is in a runnable class, this option runs the class.
Properties Opens properties notebook for the selected method.