Working with Action Items

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You can create a list of things that you need to resolve in your various projects and view the list as entries in the Action Items window. The list of action items can include compilation errors that are identified by the IDE, issues in an issue tracker and tasks that are identified by specific ToDo character patterns in project files. The IDE automatically scans your projects for action items and displays the items in the Action Items window.

To open the Action Items window

You can double-click an entry in the Action Items window to jump to the line of the file where the action item needs to be resolved or open the issue in the IDE.

Specifying an Action Item in a File

Action items are created by some types of errors and by the occurrence of specific character patterns in the file.

By default, you can create action items by adding comments that contain the following patterns to a file.

You can modify and create custom patterns in the Action Items tab of the Options Window.

The IDE includes the following patterns as action items by default.

Filtering Action Items

You can use filters to limit the items that are listed in the Action Items window. You can modify an existing filter or create new custom filters.

Perform the following steps to create a filter.

  1. Choose Window > Action Items to open the Action Items window.
  2. Click the Filter button in the Action Items window toolbar to open the Action Items Filter dialog box.
  3. Click New to create a new filter and type a name for the filter.
  4. Select the types of action items that you want to be displayed.
  5. (Optional) Click the Keywords tab and specify any additional criteria that needs to be met.
  6. Click OK.

To apply a filter to the list of action items, click the arrow on the Filter button and select a filter from the dropdown list.

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Using the Options Window
Working With Issues

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