Automagic Java Method Folding. As you navigate through your class, Mylar keeps track of the methods you touch (thereby expressing interest). When you open the class, it automatically folds away the methods you aren’t interested in. Of course, the more time you spend with your cursor in a method, the more interested Mylar figures you are; conversely, as you stop spending so much time in a method, Mylar figures that you’re not quite so interested in that method anymore and as interest wanes it too will be folded.
Mylar also hides classes, methods, and other files that you don’t spend much time with. The filtering work in the package explorer, outline, navigator, and other views. Sometimes, though, you really do want to see more. In that case, you can just turn off the filtering (temporarily). Also, if you hold down the “Alt” key while clicking on a container (project or folder), the contents of that container are displayed and become selectable.
Stay tuned for the exciting second part of this five part series…
