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Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704194]

Sat, 08 August 2015 10:46

Eclipse User

Is there a way in Eclipse to move lines or even sections of come from one place to another (in the same source code) without having to cut and paste. I suspect there is not. I always found this very handy on the Mainframe using ISPF. I do have a PC version of ISPF but I would rather just stay right in Eclipse.

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704196 is a reply to message #1704194]

Sat, 08 August 2015 11:09

Eclipse User

On 08/08/2015 08:46 AM, Rod Hittle wrote:
> Is there a way in Eclipse to move lines or even sections of come from
> one place to another (in the same source code) without having to cut and
> paste. I suspect there is not. I always found this very handy on the
> Mainframe using ISPF. I do have a PC version of ISPF but I would rather
> just stay right in Eclipse.

You can select lines, a block of code, then click and drag it.

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704211 is a reply to message #1704196]

Sat, 08 August 2015 17:08

Eclipse User

Thanks Russell.
That is a lot better than cut and paste.
Sadly, to me at least, not as handy as having line commands like ISPF does.

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704213 is a reply to message #1704194]

Sat, 08 August 2015 18:45

Eclipse User

Move them how?

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704267 is a reply to message #1704211]

Sun, 09 August 2015 22:54

Eclipse User

On 08/08/2015 03:08 PM, Rod Hittle wrote:
> Thanks Russell.
> That is a lot better than cut and paste.
> Sadly, to me at least, not as handy as having line commands like ISPF
> does.
I'm not familiar with ISPF.

You also have Vrapper, a Vim plug-in. That's what I use because I like
power when I edit.

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704275 is a reply to message #1704194]

Mon, 10 August 2015 02:07

Eclipse User

You can select the code line/section and then press <Alt>+<Up> or <Alt>+<Down> to move.

Re: Moving lines of code without doing cut and paste [message #1704869 is a reply to message #1704267]

Mon, 10 August 2015 04:59

Eclipse User

Hi,

to move line in the same file;, you can put the cursor on a line or select a block of code and then use ALT+Up and ALT + Down.

To Find all available shortcuts (and configure ones for some specific actions), you can go to Window->Prrferences and Then General->Keys

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