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How to bind Tab in plugin.xml for an editor. [message #328353]

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:08

Gary

Messages: 33
Registered: July 2009

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How do I do what the Java editor does for the Tab key?

The Java editor binds Control-I to "Correct Indentation" and it binds Tab to a
function that works almost the same if the cursor is in the whitespace at the
start of a line. But I can't find the Tab binding anywhere. I can find the
Control-I binding,

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.bindings">
<key sequence="M1+I"
commandId="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.edit.text.java.indent"
......

But what is it binding to Tab and more importantly how is it doing it?
There's nothing bound to Tab according to the Preferences>Keys page but it
obviously is bound to something. I would like to provide the same general
functionality in my editor, but what goes into the plugin.xml file?

Gary

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Re: How to bind Tab in plugin.xml for an editor. [message #328407 is a reply to message #328353]

Sat, 24 May 2008 06:46

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Gary E. Barnes wrote:
> How do I do what the Java editor does for the Tab key?
See
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.setActionActiva tionCode(String,
char, int, int).
The Java editor does this: setActionActivationCode("IndentOnTab", '\t',
-1, SWT.NONE); //$NON-NLS-1$

Dani
>
> The Java editor binds Control-I to "Correct Indentation" and it binds
> Tab to a function that works almost the same if the cursor is in the
> whitespace at the start of a line. But I can't find the Tab binding
> anywhere. I can find the Control-I binding,
>
> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.bindings">
> <key sequence="M1+I"
> commandId="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.edit.text.java.indent"
> ......
>
> But what is it binding to Tab and more importantly how is it doing it?
> There's nothing bound to Tab according to the Preferences>Keys page
> but it obviously is bound to something. I would like to provide the
> same general functionality in my editor, but what goes into the
> plugin.xml file?
>
> Gary

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