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Reproduction: * Place several carets * Press TAB * Press SHIFT-TAB ACTUAL: the tabs from the second step are not removed EXPECTED: the tabs from the second step are removed Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201603200001) Updates: Updates available Java: 1.8.0_71; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.71-b15 Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_71-b15
changeset: 87f5be37bf9e user: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> date: Mon Apr 11 12:43:57 2016 +0200 summary: #258745 update ShiftTabAction to work with multiple carets
Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201604120001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/87f5be37bf9e User: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> Log: #258745 update ShiftTabAction to work with multiple carets
(In reply to Quality Engineering from comment #2) > Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201604120001* on > http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) > > Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/87f5be37bf9e > User: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> > Log: #258745 update ShiftTabAction to work with multiple carets Fix does not work for me. Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201604120001)
(In reply to markiewb from comment #3) > (In reply to Quality Engineering from comment #2) > > Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201604120001* on > > http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) > > > > Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/87f5be37bf9e > > User: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> > > Log: #258745 update ShiftTabAction to work with multiple carets > > Fix does not work for me. > > Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201604120001) Which filetype are you working with? Could you retry the fix in a later build? As it still works for me, could you attach a screencast? Thanks!
Created attachment 159256 [details] Shows the SHIFT-TAB issue @Ralph: The issue still valid in Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201604130001) See also the screencast
(In reply to Ralph Ruijs from comment #4) > Which filetype are you working with? > text/x-java
(In reply to markiewb from comment #5) > Created attachment 159256 [details] > Shows the SHIFT-TAB issue > > @Ralph: The issue still valid in Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build > 201604130001) > > See also the screencast Reproducible, thanks!
The current implementation seems to be how it was intended. Shift-Tab only works when the caret is inside the indent-block, or if there is a selection. This is how it works in 8.1, if you think it should work differently please open a new issue. Thanks!