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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.1.2 (Build 201204101705) Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_22 Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 17.1-b03 Language: PHP and Javascript Template expansion not working inside single and double quotation marks
Provide me some case, when it's a valid feature request? Then simply reopen this request. I can't imagine anyone. Thanks. Templates weren't designed to be expanded inside strings and such afaik.
Maybe the template word is a little confusing. I mean "Code Templates". For example: Keys pressed: "e" then "tab" Result: echo '[cursor-is-here]'; Then keys pressed: "a" then "tab" Result: echo '<a href="#">Text</a>'; In the previous version I used (7.0.1) this worked. Is there a chance, to make this work again? This little feature saves me a lot of time. Thanks.
+1 I used this extensively in use cases similar to this: Abbreviation: ST Expanded Text: {$$this->${var}} This made it easy to insert a property of the current object into a string using php's complex/curly syntax for variable parsing. e.g. When I wanted a string similar to "{$this->prop} blahblah", I just had to type: "ST<tab> Netbeans automatically entered: "{$this->var}" selected var, and displayed a popup list of the current object's properties for replacement. There are many other similar use cases. e.g. s --> {$$${var}} I see Netbeans Java now has this feature (see http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=135468). Javascript must have it too since there is a Javascript Strings Code Template Language type. Hopefully these use cases will help other users improve their productivity with Netbeans when this is fixed (currently targeted for 7.3 - thanks).
Agree completely. I'm also using this feature constantly every day in PHP/HTML/JavaScript so turning it off forced me to stay with 7.0.1. I even expand templates on space instead of tab because I use it so frequently. As PHP programmer I rarely type plain text in code (texts are mainly in mySql databases or definition/configuration files). PHP programs generate html/javascript code so html/javascript commands are mainly inside strings and not regular words. For instance i need: $output = '<a href="" onclick="doThis(); return false">click</a>'; in 7.0.1 which I'm using now I type this: $output = 'AH which expands to: $output = '<a href="{cursor}"></a>'; then I type (in right cursor positions): onc -> onclick="{cursor}" retf -> return false; In versions higher than 7.0.1 I can't do this. So I think it should be an option to turn on/off OR inside strings it uses code templates for plain text? I prefer first option.