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Mon, 03 April 2006 13:46

Eclipse User

I want to bind a command to the Ctrl+'+' key combination. I'm using the keySequence M1++ in my plugin.xml, but it doesn't seem to work. If I change to some other key combination the command does work. So do I need to escape the + somehow? Or is it a special key like PAGE_UP or ARROW_LEFT?

Thanks,
Chris

Re: keybinding '+' key [message #301647 is a reply to message #301646]

Mon, 03 April 2006 13:48

Eclipse User

Check out the constants in SWT ... if ARROW_LEFT works maybe KEYPAD_ADD
will work.

Later,
PW

Re: keybinding '+' key [message #301803 is a reply to message #301646]

Wed, 05 April 2006 19:34

Eclipse User

I guess I will respond to my own post with the obvious answer. Don't bind to '+' and instead use '=' instead.

Chris

Re: keybinding '+' key [message #301804 is a reply to message #301803]

Wed, 05 April 2006 20:34

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: automatic.javalobby.org

Does it work with the keypress Ctrl+Shift+=, since + is usually Shift+= on a keyboard? Just curious :-)

It would be better to use Ctrl++ and then have the user have to press Ctrl+Shift+=, since it's not always the case that the + is on the same key as the = is. Plus, if you have a numeric keypad, that is + as well.

Alex.

Re: keybinding '+' key [message #301901 is a reply to message #301804]

Fri, 07 April 2006 17:26

Eclipse User

No, actually it doesn't work for Ctrl+Shift+=.

When I first attempted to do this, I was originally trying trying to model the behavior after Firefox for increasing the text size. I just checked FF's behavior and it actually supports Ctrl+= and Ctrl+Shift+=. The accelerator shows 'Ctrl++'. That brings up an interesting question to me. If a person saw the accelerator of 'Ctrl++' would he normally press 'Ctrl+=' or 'Ctrl+Shift+='?

While searching for solutions to my problem, I came across <a href="http://jcommander.sourceforge.net/">JCommander</a> which uses 'Ctrl+='. I think this solution is good enough for me.

Also, I think you can get numpad + by using the special key of "NUMPAD_ADD".

Re: keybinding '+' key [message #302197 is a reply to message #301646]

Sat, 15 April 2006 21:49

Eclipse User

I believe you have something wrong some where else. I've just tested the keybinding M1++ and it worked perfectly well.

I'm using Eclipse 3.1.2 on WindosXP.

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