Displaying dependent files for computer code in a tabbed-application user interface

1. A method for indicating a change to a dependent file, the method comprising:

receiving a first change to a program file;

performing, via a computing device, a second change to code or program data in a first dependent file on the program file; wherein the second change is related to the first change; and

displaying, in a document editor via the computing device, a first identifier for the first dependent file in a first text style, if the first dependent file is changed based on the first change to the program file;

displaying, in the document editor via the computing device, a second identifier, in a second text style, for a second dependent file, if the second dependent file is not changed based on the first change to the program file wherein:

code of the program file calls code or program data of the first dependent file and the second dependent file,

the first text style indicates the first dependent file has been changed based on the first change to the program file, and

the first text style and the second text style are different styles.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a user prompt for saving the second change to the first dependent file in a non-transitory computer readable memory device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, via the computing device, a response to the user query to save the first dependent file in the non-transitory computer readable memory device; and

saving, via the computing device, the first dependent file in the non-transitory computer readable memory device based on the response.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second text style indicates the second dependent file is not changed based on the first change to the program file.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifier includes text that has the first text style and the second identifier includes text that has the second text style.

6. The method of claim 1 , displaying a third identifier for the program file, where the third identifier identifies that the first dependent file is changed.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first identifier includes a non-alphabetic identifier that indicates the second change to the first dependent file based on the first change to the program file.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a change indicator adjacent to the first identifier of the first dependent file, where the change indicator indicates the second change to the first dependent file has been performed.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for indicating a change to a dependent file, wherein the instructions, when executed, are for controlling a computer system to be configured for:

receiving a first change to a program file;

performing, via a computing device, a second change to code or program data in a first dependent file on the program file on the program file; wherein the second change is related to the first change; and

displaying in a document editor a first identifier for the first dependent file in a first text style, if the first dependent file is changed based on the first change to the program file;

displaying in the document editor a second identifier, in a second text style, for a second dependent file, wherein:

code of the program file calls code or program data of the first dependent file and the second dependent file,

the first text style indicates the first dependent file has been changed based on the first change to the program file, and

the first text style and the second text style are different styles.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are for further controlling a computer system to be configured for displaying a user prompt for saving the second change to the first dependent file in a non-transitory computer readable memory device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the computer system is further configured for:

receiving a response to the user query to save the first dependent file in the non-transitory computer readable memory device; and

saving the first dependent file in the non-transitory computer readable memory device based on the response.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first identifier includes text that has the first text style and the second identifier includes text that has the second text style.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the second text style indicates the second dependent file is not changed based on the first change to the program file.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the computer system is further configured for displaying a third identifier for the program file, where the third identifier identifies that the first dependent file is changed.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first identifier includes a non-alphabetic identifier, which indicates the second change to the first dependent file based on the first change to the program file.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the a computer system is further configured for displaying the change indicator adjacent to the first identifier of the first dependent file, where the change indicator indicates the second change to the first dependent file has been performed.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first dependent file and the second dependent file are open in the document editor; and

wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are displayed on different tabs of the document editor.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a drop down icon as part of the first identifier, to indicate that the program file is associated with the first dependent file and the second dependent file.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first dependent file and the second dependent file are open in the document editor; and

wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are displayed on different tabs of the document editor.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the computer system is further configured for displaying a drop down icon as part of the first identifier to indicate that the program file is associated with the first dependent file and the second dependent file.