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I have been very happy with NetBeans, however I feel that one enhancement that shouldn't be too difficult to implement can be one that is enabled/disabled is a popup window that will offer information regarding a function's (either PHP built-in or user-defined) parameter list that will iterate through that function's parameters as you are typing them in a function invocation (after function definition). The type of functionality that I am very used to (and spoiled by) is from Microsoft's Visual Studio. Often times I define functions that have multiple (2+) parameters, and MSVS will show a slim pop-up window that provides the parameter datatype and name. As I type the function, and then type the opening parenthesis, it will pop up and show me the beginning of the list of parameters, starting with parameter one. Because I am providing parameter one now, in the popup it is bolded so I am informed that is what I am providing now. When I type a comma, it moves to the next parameter etcetera until I provide the closing parenthesis. I understand PHP's data types are much more loosely handled and often times I don't even need to define or know them, but I do take the time to give meaningful names to my variables, and so just seeing those alone will help me remember what params are required. If I require four parameters it's sometimes a pain to have to flip back and forth to reference which ones are needed.
partly duplicate of already fixed bug: [Bug 182599] [69cat] AutoComplete Does Not Tab Through Parameters http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182599 Anyway Ctrl+P is shortcut for invoking popup with parameters for method/function invocation. See http://blogs.sun.com/netbeansphp/entry/parameter_info for more info. Is it what you are looking for? If not, please reopen and comment a bit, thanks
(In reply to comment #1) > partly duplicate of already fixed bug: > [Bug 182599] [69cat] AutoComplete Does Not Tab Through Parameters > http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182599 > > Anyway Ctrl+P is shortcut for invoking popup with parameters for > method/function invocation. See > http://blogs.sun.com/netbeansphp/entry/parameter_info for more info. > > Is it what you are looking for? If not, please reopen and comment a bit, thanks This was what I was looking for. The CTRL+P option is excellent, however I was hoping for some more control over that. I enjoy the fact that each time I hit it it knows where I am in the parameter list, however every time I type a comma and then a space character, the popup disappears. Can the closing parenthesis be the ending character and not the space character? CTRL+P works perfectly if I use no spaces after commas, but code readability is sacrificed by omitting spaces.
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > partly duplicate of already fixed bug: > > [Bug 182599] [69cat] AutoComplete Does Not Tab Through Parameters > > http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182599 > > > > Anyway Ctrl+P is shortcut for invoking popup with parameters for > > method/function invocation. See > > http://blogs.sun.com/netbeansphp/entry/parameter_info for more info. > > > > Is it what you are looking for? If not, please reopen and comment a bit, thanks > > This was what I was looking for. The CTRL+P option is excellent, however I was > hoping for some more control over that. I enjoy the fact that each time I hit > it it knows where I am in the parameter list, however every time I type a comma > and then a space character, the popup disappears. Can the closing parenthesis > be the ending character and not the space character? > added as enhancement #183906. Don't hesitate to add your comment. > CTRL+P works perfectly if I use no spaces after commas, but code readability is > sacrificed by omitting spaces.
Unless I am mistaken, in version 6.8 the CTRL+P shortcut works, however once you enter a space after the comma character, the popup disappears and you must continually press CTRL+P to re-enable the popup box for each parameter. If you use no spaces and separate your parameters by commas alone, the popup remains and works as intended. I also support the suggested enhancement: http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=%23183906 Which I think was part of what I was looking for in this bug. What I've described immediately above is what I think is a defect, however. Please provide feedback. Also, I may have mistakenly entered that I was using version 6.9 but I am using the current release 6.8. If this has been corrected in the development build 6.9 please accept my apologies ahead of time.
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*** Bug 183906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***