New JDK 9 feature: javadoc search box

[Rony G. Flatscher]

Hi Joe,

thanks for pointing out and giving a link to test drive. This particular feature adds a paramount
usability value to the Java documentation IMHO and its implementation is astonishingly fast!

Kudos to the javadoc team!

---rony


On 06.01.2016 22:50, joe darcy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> FYI, towards the end of 2015 the javadoc team implemented an interesting new feature: a javadoc
> search box (JEP 225: Javadoc Search).
>
> If you look at the current JDK 9 javadoc
>
>     http://download.java.net/jdk9/docs/api/index.html
>
> in the upper right corner of the main panel there now a search box. As an example, if you type
> "math" into the search box, this will look over the packages (java.math), types (java.langMath,
> java.math.BigDecimal, ...), and methods where "math" appears.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Joe