The outline view, positioned to the right of the source viewer, provides you with a quick overview of the structure of your source file. It makes it easier for you to navigate your source file by allowing you to jump to any method, fields or class by double-clicking its name in the outline. Classes, methods and fields are initially listed in the order that they appear in the source file.
In addition, the outline view also provides information about the visibility of all methods and fields. You will be able to see at a glance, which methods are public and which fields are private. The outline view places icons next to the names of classes, methods and fields. You will even be able to tell whether a member is static or not by looking at the icon.
If you are currently viewing a non Java source file, the class outline view will appear blank.
Syncing the outline view with the source viewer
Sometimes when you are browsing a source file, you would like to see where you are in the outline view. In BugSeeker you can synchronized the outline view to the source viewer such that the class, method or field where the caret is current located is visible and selected in the outline view. To do this, right-click the source pane and select Sync with Class Outline to synchronized the caret's location in the source viewer with the outline view.
Configuring the Outline Display
BugSeeker allows you to customize the way class's members in listed in the class outline are grouped in a variety of ways. Right-click on the class outline and a popup menu will be displayed with options to group member by kind (constructor, method, field, nested class), to group members by visibility (public, protected, package private, private), to group member by their static modifier (static or non-static) and to be able to sort members alphabetically. Options that you select here will apply only to this current class outline; the outline views for other open source files will remain unchanged.
To globally specify the way the class outline is to be displayed, select Tools | Options and edit the options found in the Class Outline option category.