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Bug 35942 - Macros in Editor Settings should have key binding
Summary: Macros in Editor Settings should have key binding
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: Sun All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Milutin Kristofic
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-09-06 00:14 UTC by honglin
Modified: 2016-07-07 07:26 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description honglin 2003-09-06 00:14:10 UTC 
[Filed on behalf of Svetlana Malkova and Gordon
Prieur]

Per Svetlana, not having key binding for "Macros"
in Tools | Options | Editor Settings | Plain
Editor | Macros is "inconvenient."  Specifically,
it should be included in Tools | Options | Editor
Settings | Plain Editor | Key Bindings.
Comment 1 mslama 2003-09-08 12:44:47 UTC 
Is this missing key for invoking Tools | Options | Editing | Editor
Settings | Plain Editor | Macros or is it something else? If it is so
I assign to HIE to define key for it.
Comment 2 honglin 2003-09-08 23:14:40 UTC 
What the user meant was: it would be nice to have key binding for
"Macros" in the Tools | Options | Editor Settings | Plain Editor | Key
Bindings list.
Comment 3 honglin 2003-09-08 23:15:46 UTC 
What the user meant was: it would be nice to have key binding for
"Macros" in Tools | Options | Editor Settings | Plain Editor | Key
Bindings list.
Comment 4 David-john Burrowes 2003-09-09 18:26:28 UTC 
I've been asked to look at this by Jirka.

I'm not sure I agree that there should be a keybinding to display the
Macros window.  I think I'd need to see a design document explaining
the arrangement of keybindings and editors to convince myself that
this is the right solution to this problem here.  The underlying need
seems like it is something which should be addressed in the Options
window redesign.

In a little more detail:
There are no existing keybinding entries to show the Macros window or
to show the Abbreviations window or any of the other options related
to any of the editors.  If we added an entry to show the Macros
window, we'd need to do this for at least the abbreviations window,
and maybe some of the other properties.  Furthermore, when someone
invoked that action, which editor's macros (or abbreviations) window
should appear?  The one for the plain editor, or the one for the
current editor?  Or some UI for all the editors so one could decide
where to put this?

I think my point is that the right solution to this problem is more
complex than just adding a keybinding of some sort, and I'd rather
this be addressed as part of a deeper effort and dealing with this
kind of problems across editor types.
Comment 5 mslama 2003-09-17 16:15:45 UTC 
Assigning to Dafe.
Comment 6 _ ttran 2003-10-18 21:20:28 UTC 
Doesn't this belong to the editor module?
Comment 7 David Simonek 2005-05-05 17:19:25 UTC 
Yes, I think this belongs to editor, passing to editor guys.
Comment 8 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 07:26:57 UTC 
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss