At 11:51 27.02.02 -0500, you wrote:

>Hmm.  I guess work-wise it's a pretty close call.  If you are working with 
>the class you want to extend, you have to do one package-traverse to 
>select the package you want the subclass in.
>
>However, if you are not working with the superclass, you need to do two 
>package-traversals, one to find the superclass, and a second to select the 
>subclass location.  I think that would be a bit longer than one 
>package-traversal and typing "extends ".  But not by much, I admit.
>
>And I agree that you can't create a class entirely from the keyboard.  I 
>would, in fact, love to see a keystroke that opens the context on the 
>selected node in any of the tree browsers.  Then I really wouldn't need 
>the mouse.

In Windows Shift-F10 is used to open context menus...

Tom


>It's not a bad idea, I just wanted the Intellij guys to know that there 
>are people who would not use it.  So they can make an informed decision 
>about how to spend their development time.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonas Kvarnstr�m [<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:11 AM
> > To: IDEA Early Access Program
> > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Add Subclass Menu Item?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 04:20, Egan, Russ wrote:
> > > -1
> > >
> > > My 2�: I actually prefer the keyboard centric nature of Intellij.
> > > Especially with the autoimports, it's just as fast to add a
> > new class and
> > > type "extends [whatever]", as it is to find the class you
> > want to extend and
> > > pick a target package from a dialog.
> >
> > So how do you create a new class from the keyboard?  The only way I've
> > been able to add a new class is by right-clicking on the destination
> > package in the source or project pane.  And if this is in
> > fact the only
> > way to do it, it's just as fast to find the class you want to
> > extend and
> > pick a target package from a dialog as it is to find the package where
> > you want to put the class and type in the name of a superclass.
> > Especially if you might already be working with the class you want to
> > extend.
> >
> >
> >
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