phptools I see!

I agree. A command would make more sense in this case, and in case of anyone having so many classes.

      phptools That would make more sense in case of more options, thank you for the tip!

          11 days later

          We've implemented "Import class ..." command (id: "phptools.importClass"). As suggested above, it gets a list of possible fixes as a drop-down quick-pick:

          The feature is available in the latest pre-release.

          I'm wondering if it would be useful to implement any other import commands?

            JakubMisek hi thanks

            1. Ok, phptools.importClass works for me! Thank you!
            2. What do you mean by other import commands? Give me an example to think about?

              2 suggestions:

              1. If my code is \Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::blah(...) and I run phptools.importClass, it should still show me a list based on App because I might have selected a wrong namespace previously. Currently, a No classes found toast appears instead of the UI, I suppose it is because it cannot find alternatives to \Illuminate\Support\Facades\App.

              2. Separate inline Illuminate\Support\Facades\App and use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App into 2 commands or make it configurable not to show the inline one. The cognitive load required to pick from a long list is quite significant and for readability, we seldom inline classnames. I usually see inline classnames only when there is a clash. Offhand, I'm thinking ctrl + alt + i for use, ctrl + alt + shift + i for inline. The command name can be phptools.inlineClass haha

              phptools the idea was to start typing a few letters (i.e. us Fac), so the long list gets filtered. But I see the point.

                  JakubMisek

                  Can't speak for the rest, but for Laravel where classes frequently have the same class name due to convention, normally I look for the line with the word Facade and pick that. However, now I have to choose between 2 Facade, inline vs use, that is what I meant by the cognitive load.

                  But I can see why it is a good idea, sometimes when we want to include traits (which starts with use), Let me use it a bit more, but meanwhile, would be great if I can disable use through a setting. 😉

                  Thank you!

                      phptools Makes sense, thank you for testing it! We'll be improving it over time.

                          JakubMisek

                          I suppose I'm the only one testing it?

                          Possible to disable inline for time being as it is harder to use than the one I was relying on before.

                          In other words, I would like only use XXXX to show, i.e. it will insert under use XXXX statements after namespace ...

                          Thank you.

                              phptools I'm not sure I understand this one:)

                              In the new quick pick command, there are both use ... and FQN \..., so it's easy to just hit a few letters and hit enter or arrow down and enter.

                                JakubMisek

                                Ok, let me describe my current experience with the other plugin

                                1. If the class name is unique enough, i.e. only 1 matching class, the pop up does not even appear and use ... is imported silently, I can tell it was imported because the wavy line under the class name disappears (ctrl + alt + i, 0 cognitive load)
                                2. If there are a matches, they are all listed, i just pick the line with facade. the list is very easy on human eyes because they are consistent (ctrl + alt + i + up/down/enter, small cognitive load)

                                With PHPTools

                                1. Harder to pick the one I'm after because list is twice as long and difficult to parse because odd lines start with use, even lines have no use (inline), and now, I have to think which additional keys to type to filter... and filtering doesn't help, because odd lines still have use and even lines without (ctrl + alt + i + several other keys + up/down/enter, medium to heavy cognitive load)

                                My suggestion is to split this into 2 commands, 1 to show list of classes with use, 1 to show list of classes without use (inline)

                                Perhaps another not so obvious point is,

                                When transferring code from another file, i.e. a cut and paste operation. I might have 0 idea what classes are being used. If I see a wavy line under a class, all I want is for the wavy lines to go away, so it becomes way harder to use if I'm expected to know what to type to filter the list.

                                    phptools done, I'll prepare pre-release within today.

                                    There'll be a second command FQN class ... The duplicity items were also fixed. And when there is just one option, it's completed automatically without the quick-pick list.

                                        JakubMisek

                                        Thanks! I don't see mixed lines now. But I also cannot find FQN class. Actually I need to add use ..... at the top of code more haha