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Bug 202426

Summary:	Ctrl-R rename refactoring should end on tab, space, not just enter or Esc. It should not insert tabs beside all occurances of the variable.
Product:	java	Reporter:	swpalmer <swpalmer>
Component:	Hints	Assignee:	Svata Dedic <sdedic>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description swpalmer 2011-09-21 14:21:24 UTC

Product Version = NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201109202329)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.7.0
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 21.0-b17

Currently while renaming a variable (Java) with Ctrl-R If I press tab during the rename it inserts a tab everywhere that the variable is found.  Since a tab (or space, etc) is not a valid character in a Java identifier this should not happen.
While Tab may not make much sense, I was pressing it because I was renaming a method parameter and the context looked very much like the auto-complete of a method call, where pressing tab moves to the next parameter. I actually was going to rename the next parameter in the method declaration as well, so it seemed natural :-)