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begin typing anywhere in editor [message #254878]

Tue, 29 April 2008 12:38

Eclipse User

is there a setting that allows you to start typing exactly where you click
the mouse, even if the line is not extended the clicked location? In
CodeWright the editor would automatically extend the current line to the
mouse click. It had a feature called "virtual spaces". The virtual
spaces would extend the line to the mouse click. Once the user started
typing the virtual spaces would be replaced with real spaces & the line
feed would then be updated also.

Anything like this possible in Eclipse?

Cheers

Re: begin typing anywhere in editor [message #254912 is a reply to message #254878]

Tue, 29 April 2008 16:22

Eclipse User

Assuming that I understand correctly what you're asking for, I believe
the answer is "no".

Wayne

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 16:38 +0000, jason wrote:
> is there a setting that allows you to start typing exactly where you click
> the mouse, even if the line is not extended the clicked location? In
> CodeWright the editor would automatically extend the current line to the
> mouse click. It had a feature called "virtual spaces". The virtual
> spaces would extend the line to the mouse click. Once the user started
> typing the virtual spaces would be replaced with real spaces & the line
> feed would then be updated also.
>
> Anything like this possible in Eclipse?
>
> Cheers
>

Re: begin typing anywhere in editor [message #254968 is a reply to message #254912]

Wed, 30 April 2008 02:35

Eclipse User

But it sounds like a cool feature, at least for 'clickers'

Wayne Beaton wrote:
> Assuming that I understand correctly what you're asking for, I believe
> the answer is "no".
>
> Wayne
>
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 16:38 +0000, jason wrote:
>> is there a setting that allows you to start typing exactly where you click
>> the mouse, even if the line is not extended the clicked location? In
>> CodeWright the editor would automatically extend the current line to the
>> mouse click. It had a feature called "virtual spaces". The virtual
>> spaces would extend the line to the mouse click. Once the user started
>> typing the virtual spaces would be replaced with real spaces & the line
>> feed would then be updated also.
>>
>> Anything like this possible in Eclipse?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>

Re: begin typing anywhere in editor [message #254971 is a reply to message #254878]

Wed, 30 April 2008 04:04

Eclipse User

jason wrote:
> is there a setting that allows you to start typing exactly where you
> click the mouse, even if the line is not extended the clicked
> location? In CodeWright the editor would automatically extend the
> current line to the mouse click. It had a feature called "virtual
> spaces". The virtual spaces would extend the line to the mouse
> click. Once the user started typing the virtual spaces would be
> replaced with real spaces & the line feed would then be updated also.
>
> Anything like this possible in Eclipse?
Nope, see: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=21000

Dani
>
> Cheers
>

Re: begin typing anywhere in editor [message #255025 is a reply to message #254971]

Wed, 30 April 2008 11:24

Eclipse User

Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's not a feature yet, but something
that many of us would like to see. If I had any idea how to code it, I
might look in to it a bit, but my experience is all embedded C with a
splash of perl for fun.

Cheers

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