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| Summary: | Annoying instanceof auto-completion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | java | Reporter: | terje7601 |
| Component: | Editor | Assignee: | Dusan Balek <dbalek> |
| Status: | NEW --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | markiewb |
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 8.1 | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows 7 | ||
| Issue Type: | DEFECT | Exception Reporter: | |
NetBeans is much too eager to auto-complete "instanceof", which is annoying. I can only speak for myself, but I use instanceof very seldom. In my opinion, it should never be proposed for auto-completion at all, unless maybe when you actually started typing it already. Consider the class below: - when the cursor is at "<cursor1>", it auto-completes "instanceof ", even though it's much more likely that I want a condition like "== null" or "!= null" - when the cursor is at "<cursor2>", it auto-completes "instanceof ", even though it's much more likely that I actually want to do another chained method call (& get an overview of all String methods), but didn't type the dot yet. public class NewClass { public static void main(String[] args) { Object o = null; if(o <cursor1>) { } o.toString()<cursor2>; } } PS: this issue is related to issue 248988 Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201504230001) Updates: Updates available Java: 1.8.0_45; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.45-b02 Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_45-b14 System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb)