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Howto automtically insert brackets [message #92946]

Mon, 14 July 2003 06:55

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: dominik.klumpp.command.de

Hello,

we are writing an XML editor that suits the specific needs of our company.
We are still in an early stage, but I am wondering how to insert brackets
and quotation marks automatically after the user has entered one of them.
This functionality is provided in the JDT editor, but until now I was
unable to isolate the code where this happens.

(i.e if you type " this is automatically changed to "|" with the cursor in
between. I would like a similar thing for the < and > brackets in XML).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx.

Dominik Klumpp
Developer
command AG

Re: Howto automtically insert brackets [message #92987 is a reply to message #92946]

Mon, 14 July 2003 08:27

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: tom.eicher.gmx.ch.nodomain

Have a look at the (historically named)
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor .BracketInserter

HTH
-tom

Dominik Klumpp wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we are writing an XML editor that suits the specific needs of our company.
> We are still in an early stage, but I am wondering how to insert brackets
> and quotation marks automatically after the user has entered one of them.
> This functionality is provided in the JDT editor, but until now I was
> unable to isolate the code where this happens.
>
> (i.e if you type " this is automatically changed to "|" with the cursor in
> between. I would like a similar thing for the < and > brackets in XML).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanx.
>
> Dominik Klumpp
> Developer
> command AG
>

Re: Howto automtically insert brackets [message #270898 is a reply to message #92946]

Thu, 09 September 2004 14:57

Eclipse User

Try content assist processors. Search from the Eclipse help menu and
you get some snippets of code how to it.

Keywords to search: "ICompletionProposal", "computeCompletionProposals"

Good luck.

Dominik Klumpp wrote:

> Hello,
>
> we are writing an XML editor that suits the specific needs of our company.
> We are still in an early stage, but I am wondering how to insert brackets
> and quotation marks automatically after the user has entered one of them.
> This functionality is provided in the JDT editor, but until now I was
> unable to isolate the code where this happens.
>
> (i.e if you type " this is automatically changed to "|" with the cursor in
> between. I would like a similar thing for the < and > brackets in XML).
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanx.
>
> Dominik Klumpp
> Developer
> command AG
>

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