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Bug 195532 - Enhancement: make Editor Code Templates easier to execute
Summary: Enhancement: make Editor Code Templates easier to execute
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Completion & Templates (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Dusan Balek
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Reported: 2011-02-15 22:42 UTC by snowjoke
Modified: 2016-07-07 07:30 UTC (History)
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Description snowjoke 2011-02-15 22:42:27 UTC 
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 6.9.1 (Build 201011082200)

Entering Editor Code Templates (i.e. shortcuts such as typing "sout" followed by an execution key such as Tab to produce the code "System.out.println("");") are too difficult to execute. The entire shortcut followed by the execution key must be typed very quickly and without errors, often resulting in time-consuming "misses" where the user attempts to use the template unsuccessfully, and has to delete the typed shortcut and try again. There appears to be no option to make this easier.

Proposed solution:
a) add option in Editor Options to increase the number of seconds within which the template can entered and executed

b) present possible templates as the top options in the Code Completion pop-up, thus removing any time-constraint, and possibly making Code Templates even quicker to execute
Comment 1 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 07:30:42 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