shift tab

[WCLucas42]

We were just wondering if there is a key combination that moves the cursor back one tab character similar to shift tab in other IDEs, and if so what the combination is?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Marco Kalter]

There is no shift-tab key, but and will of course move you back one position. If you have enabled the "Use tab character" preference (Tools > Preferences > Editor tab page), this will take you back one tab character.

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations

 

[WCLucas42]

I have been using the left arrow, but it is unintuitive and on the completely wrong side of the keyboard (at least for me). I was just hoping there might have been a different key combination that I was missing. Would this be something that might appear in the future? This is obviously not a detrimental problem, but it isn't inline with other development tools and I was wondering if it might be standardized in a subsequent release.

 

[mike]

I've run into some similar things and I get around them with a macro.

Try this - Record a macro with the backspace key or the left arrow key, whichever you prefer. Add it to your macro library. Then in tools/preferences/key configurations select the shift+tab for the hot key to that macro. Now shift+tab will remove tabs like you like it to.

I also put some of the plug-ins on the toolbars with macro's. For example, I have the comment lines next to the regular comment on the toolbar by recording a macro calling the comment lines and then placing the macro on the toolbar.

 

[WCLucas42]

Good thoughts, I'll see what I can do with that.

Thanks,

 

[WCLucas42]

I tried the macro and I did get it to work. Unfortunately, it has the undesired consequence of changing the functionality of shift+tab when you have a section of code highlighted. If you highlight a block of code and hit shift tab the whole block of code moves back one tab. If you set up a macro with the shift tab this feature does not work. Also you have to release the shift key to get the macro to fire. So I am currently back to using the backspace key. I would like to make an addition to the wish list though for a shift tab feature, is there an email addy to send the request to?

 

[patch]

I have created a plug-in called shift-tab. I hope it does what you expect, if not, please let me know.
The plug-in can be downloaded from: http://barel-online.net
click on the software link on the left and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Marco, you can of course download it as well and put it on the add-ons page, if you are interested.

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[WCLucas42]

Thanks I'll check it out and see if it does what we are looking for. I'll let you know.

Thanks,
Bill