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UI5 Explorer

UI5 Explorer

Michal Kozubik

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UI5 Api Reference Explorer
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UI5 Explorer

This extension brings api reference for SAPUI5 and OpenUI5 Frameworks directly into the Visual Studio Code.

Features

Browse

You can browse through the whole api reference using new activity bar panel. To open the browser simply click the UI5 icon:

feature browser

Search

UI5 Explorer also allows you to search for specific module you want to invesitage. To open search bar you can simply click the search icon:

feature search-by-icon

Or execute UI5 Explorer: Search command:

feature search-by-command

After that you will be prompted to select which module you want to open:

feature search-quickpick

Explore

When you select a module to explore either by selecting it from tree or by search input you can see the whole module description:

feature explorer

Currently these parts are supported and displayed:

  • Header with general information (library, component, version, links...)
  • Overview description
  • Constructor
  • Fields
  • Methods
  • Events
  • Properties
  • Aggregations
  • Associations

In the future there will be added support for:

  • Inherited method, properties etc.
  • Collapsible/Expandable methods and events descriptions
  • Kind of Table of contents at the top of the page
  • Outline view under the Api Reference tree browser

Within the module exploration there are several link types fully working:

  • Anchor links that scolls the page to the method/event of the current module feature link-anchor
  • Api links that navigates you to the new view with another module explorer feature link-api
  • External links navigating you to the external sources (eg. documentation, guidelines etc.) feature link-external

Clear Cache

Use UI5 Explorer: Clear Cache to reset memory storage, cached files etc.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • ui5explorer.framework: select whether to fetch data for OpenUI5 (default) or SAPUI5 Framework
  • ui5explorer.version: select UI5 version to be used (currently supported only for 1.54+ versions due to different file structure for older versions)

Release Notes

0.5.0

  • Added support for Deprecated flag

0.4.0

  • Added support for UI5 >= 1.63
  • Undefined description is not rendered anymore
  • Updated axios version

0.3.0

  • Configurable UI5 Version (limited usage)
  • Reload tree after configuration change
  • Added file cache
  • New Clear Cache command
  • Bugfixes (eg. for sap.ui.base.EventProvider)

0.2.x

  • Collapsible/Expandable methods and events
  • Quick navigation to sections under the header
  • "Back to top" button at the bottom right corner
  • Better links support (aggregations, associations, method/event parameters...)
  • Added support for methods without parameters
  • Added "default" aggragation marker
  • Several bug fixes

0.1.0 - 2018-06-27

  • Marketplace adjustment (icon, description, links...)

0.0.1

First beta version

FAQ

Feel free to open a new issue github if you find something not working or if you have some feature request.

Enjoy!

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