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Christian Lenz commented on NETBEANS-116:
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Here are some links, it is called extend selection and shrink selection:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/selecting-text-in-the-editor.html#extend_selection,
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/selecting-text-in-the-editor.html#shrink_selection
and here is a better one:
https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2008/01/25/extendshrink-selection/
> Consistent behaviour of select next element in each editor
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>
> Key: NETBEANS-116
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-116
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: cnd - Editor, db - SQL Editor, java - Editor, javascript
> - Editor, javascript - JSON, php - Editor, web - CSS Editor, web - CSS
> Preprocessors (SASS, LESS, ...), web - HTML Editor
> Affects Versions: Next
> Reporter: Christian Lenz
> Priority: Major
>
> We need a consistent behaviour in the each editor for "select next element".
> It is so inconsistent and it is only working well in the java editor.
> I will create subtickets for each editor. Next element selection should be
> separated for those characters in strings: `$-,.;:SPACE{}()[]\/'"*+#` and
> maybe some others but I don't know.
> Examples:
> "This is my string"; So is the cursor in "my" and I hit the "Select next
> element action", it should select "my" after hitting it again, it should
> select the whole string w/o quotes. After hitting again, it should select the
> string with quotes.
> "test \-r test"; Cursor is before "-" and hitting the action, it should
> select the whole string, or -r I don't now. In IntelliJ it selecets the whole
> string. If the cursor is before the "r" it selects "r" first, aftert hitting
> again, it selects the whole string.
> "^3.0.0"; Cursor is before "3", after hitting the action, it should select
> "3". After hitting again, it should select the whole string.
> It is a bit complicated to describe but for strings it should be consistent
> in Java, JS, CSS, SCSS, LESS, HTML, C/C++, PHP, JSON and so on. As I said I
> will create sub tickets for the editors.
> The next thing is that there is more than strings. So the next consistency is
> needed for blocks like if, for, functions, classes etc. All of this alreday
> exists more or less for Java and JS but not that good. Please have a look
> into IntelliJ or WebStorm and hit ctrl + w for this feature. It works like a
> charm on each editor.
> So there we have HTML, XHTML and XML, where it should work too. It is only
> working ok in HTML but not perfect.
> Regards
> Chris
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