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Bug 98045

Summary: NetBeans should support vertical/rectangular selection
Product: editor Reporter: ahe <ahe>
Component: -- Other --Assignee: issues@editor <issues>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P3    
Version: 5.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
URL: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/text/vertical-text-selection-in-microsoft-word-and-beyond-244483.php
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description ahe 2007-03-15 23:13:00 UTC
It would be nice if NetBeans had a feature similar to the one described on
lifehacker (see the URL field of this report).
Comment 1 Michel Graciano 2007-03-15 23:18:42 UTC
Maybe this entry,
http://blogs.sun.com/scblog/entry/rectangular_edit_tools_module_uploaded, can
help you on some cases.
Comment 2 ahe 2007-03-15 23:23:55 UTC
It will.  Feel free to close this issue.
Comment 3 Michel Graciano 2007-03-16 00:41:17 UTC
I think that this can be integrated in the future NB versions. Fell free to vote
on this issue if you wish.
Good code!!
Comment 4 Vitezslav Stejskal 2007-11-05 13:30:33 UTC
Moving to the 'other' subcomponent.
Comment 5 Vitezslav Stejskal 2008-06-18 11:54:14 UTC

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 13857 ***