Using the Methods List Window

The Methods List window is displayed in the form specified by your Browser options; that is, it is user-specific.

The Methods List window of browser windows has four folders: All, Instance, Type, and Interface. By default, the All folder is displayed; that is, all user‑defined instance methods, all type methods, and all interface methods are displayed.

In addition, the Methods List can contain the Form Events, Control Events, and Menu Events folders. For details, see "Notes about the Methods List Window", in the following topic.

The JADE default display of the Methods List window is as follows.

System methods are displayed in red. (You cannot modify system methods.)
User-defined methods that are inherited from a superschema are displayed in bright blue.
User-defined instance methods that are defined in this schema are displayed in black.

An instance method is a method whose receiver at run time is an instance of the class, primitive, or interface type.
User‑defined type methods that are defined in this schema are displayed in dark blue.

A type method is a method declared on a class, primitive, or interface type without having to have an instance of the type. At run time, the receiver is the type on which the method is declared.
Methods, both JADE and external, are displayed in alphabetical order.
Methods that are reimplementations of superclass methods display (r) on the end of the list item method name; for example:
```
displayCustomer (r)
```
This is not done, however, for event methods, which are always reimplementations of a superclass method.
Methods that have one or more interface mappings display (i) on the end of the list item method name; for example:
```
addCustomer (i)
```
If the method is also a reimplementation, it displays both (r) and (i) on the end of the list item method name.
Methods imported from a package are displayed in green.
All public, protected, and read-only methods are displayed.
Conditions have the Condition symbol displayed to the left of each condition name.
The caption of the tab of the first folder varies, depending on the entities that are displayed. The caption is displayed as:
- Form Events, when the class is a form
- Events, when a control property is clicked
- All, in all other cases; that is, all user‑defined instance, type, and interface methods are displayed. (event methods are not included)
When you select the Interface folder in the Methods List window, any methods with interface mappings defined in the selected class are displayed as a two‑level hierarchy.

The first level is the name of each interface implemented by the class, and the second level is a list of methods with mappings belonging to that interface. If the class method and interface method names differ, the interface method name is displayed in parentheses after the name of the class method. Clicking on the interface name item is ignored (that is, it is disabled).
Versioned methods have a light green background and an unfilled left arrow on the icon indicating the current version with which the system is running or a bright green-filled right arrow on the icon indicating the latest version of the method. (No arrow is displayed on method icons when a schema is not versioned.)

The actions that you can perform by using the mouse from the Methods List window are listed in the following table.

Action	Result
Click	On a method, displays the JADE method code for that method in the editor pane. On a folder, displays the selected type of method (that is, all, instance, or type methods).
Right-click	Displays the Methods menu, to enable you to maintain a method or add a new method.
Double-click	Displays a new free‑standing editor window for the current method.

Use the scroll bar to scroll up and down the Methods List window, if required. For details about defining methods, properties, constants, and conditions, see Chapter 4.

To toggle the display of the Methods List in the current browser (that is, override the Show Methods check box value in the Browser sheet of the Preferences dialog), select the Methods Window command from the View menu. (For details about method options, see "Maintaining Source Management Options", in Chapter 2.)