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Bug 30738 - Editor Macros Dialog should require a keybinding
Summary: Editor Macros Dialog should require a keybinding
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 30740
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@editor
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Reported: 2003-02-06 06:24 UTC by Maya Venkatraman
Modified: 2007-11-05 13:42 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Maya Venkatraman 2003-02-06 06:24:16 UTC 
The Macros Dialog allows the user to create a
macro without 
giving it a keybinding. IF there is no keybining 
there is no way to run it. Even if the user goes to 
tools options there is no way to give a KB for a
macro 
that was not assigned one. The dialog should have a 
diasbled OK button till the KB is assigned.
Minimally, 
we should add text that will tell the user that they 
should add a key binding if they want to run the macro
Comment 1 Martin Roskanin 2003-02-06 12:10:02 UTC 
The information is available in NetBeans' Help under "Editing Source
Files/Using Macros and Abbreviation' section.

I agree that Enter Macro dialog should contain the possibility to add
a keybinding, because now the user has to do it via keybindings
dialog. OTOH, it is not inevitable to bind some macro with keystroke.
The macro can be invoked from some other macro via macro's action name.
The issue seems to me as valid enhancement. Do you think it is a defect?
Comment 2 jhoffman 2003-02-06 16:42:34 UTC 
I agree that it should not be required to add a keybinding to a macro,
but there needs to be a way to invoke the macro once it is created. 
Since there isn't, then I consider this a defect.  In the short term,
I think that addressing this bug (making the key binding required)
would at least assure that the macro feature is usable.
Comment 3 ehucka 2003-02-18 12:56:36 UTC 
Change version to 3.5.
Comment 4 Martin Roskanin 2003-02-27 16:42:03 UTC 
Duplicating. The same problem is already mention in the bug #30740

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 30740 ***