Enhancement Request: [ctrl][left/right cursor]

[jpyman]

Most windows text editors support [ctrl][left/right cursor] to jump from one word to the next, instead of having to press the arrow cursor key for each character. This is especially useful when selecting a word for copy, delete etc. [ctrl][shift][left/right cursor] will automatically select the whole word to the left (or right) of the current cursor position.

If this functionality could be included in PL/SQL Developer improve compatibility with other windows programs, save a lot of frustration and improve development times.

Otherwise, this is a great product that has done wonders to improve the speed of our development.

 

[Dean Lamper]

? This functionality is there at least from version 3, when I first tried it

Are you sure you do not have some other program eayting your keystrokes?

 

[F. van Boven]

This functionality already exists indeed.

It think you've overriden these keys. Check the key configuration in the preferences...

 

[jpyman]

It started working once I had clicked "reset to default" on the key configuration options. This is a little odd, becuause the 3 developers I work with all had the same issue, and none of us had touched the configuration.

Either way, it is working now, and thanks for your help.

 

[AlexNG]

I also mentioned this problem in 6.0.4 and 6.0.5 under XP SP2. I think it's related to SP2, though it's hard to believe. I installed Developers to different directories, didn't modify keyboard settings and don't have any key-eating programs.
After resetting key config to default, Ctrl+Arrows started to work (at least in 6.0.4). So I don't really know what's the reason of the problem. The same time, it works ok in 5.x Developer. Without resetting key config.

 

[AlexNG]

I forget to mention that 6.0.4 worked OK on XP SP1 with same programs environment (just XP SP1 was russian, and XP SP2 - english...)

 

[William Robertson]

btw my favourite key customisation is:

Ctrl+` (that's the backtick character, on my keyboard at the top left and therefore convenient as a hotkey) = Tools, Browser.

I don't know how I managed without that

 

[jpyman]

AlexNG,

You are probably right about the O/S thing. All of us are on XP SP2. We only adopted PL/SQL Developer recently, so I haven't tried it with other operating systems.

 

[green_fr]

The same problem but with W2K. Never played with keyboard preferences.
Thanks anyway for "Reset to defaults" trick, it helps.

 

[pamelo]

I had the same problem on windows XP SP2 and PL/SQL 7.0.3.1123.
Reseting "key configuration" to default resolved the problem.
Thanks for this tip.

 

[pamelo]

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