Index Pane in Jbuilder



The Index pane permits keyword searches. Once the Index tab has been clicked, enter the name of the topic to be searched, and the focus will move as each character is being typed. The input box also has the paste feature enabled, which will permit the pasted word to be searched. If no word is present, start deleting characters until a match is found. The general idea behind the Index pane is to find the top-level topics and that the sublevel topics that are displayed are related to the top-level topic. This can be frustrating when doing a search on a specific topic that may be considered a sublevel topic. The sublevel topics are contained in the top-level topic, but typing in a sublevel topic will not always return the top-level topic in the search. If a topic has multiple listings, pressing the Enter key on the topic will split the Index pane and break the topics into subtopics.

The following example shows how to limit search items using the Index pane.

1. Open the JBuilder’s help system by clicking the Help|Help Topics menu item.
2. Click the Index tab.
3. Type “J2SE” in the edit box and press Return; notice that two subtopics are returned in the lower split pane.
4. Click on either of the subtopics to display the topic.
5. Clear the edit box, type in “ORB class”, and press Return. Two subtopics are returned. The ORB class has a number of sublevel topics. If you try to type in the exact sublevel topic name in the edit box, the topics will not be found. If you use the mouse to navigate to a sublevel topic, the location of the topic display is not changed. This is there only to give additional information to the searcher.