Ctrl+Shift+U and Ctrl+Shift+I keys from Delphi\Builder
lazarus / 6-IDE-CodeTools

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Sagrer · 2007-04-29 11:36

In Delphi and Builder's editors - it exists a helpful feature - if
select a part of code, then press Ctrl+Shift+U - all selection will be
moved to 2 spaces left, Ctrl+Shift+I - to 2 spaces right.... for
example:

Code: [Select]
If a<>b then begin
  a := c;
  //ddd
  //bbb - may be comments, may be code... just a lot of strings...
  //ddd
end;


if i add this:

Code: [Select]
If a<>b then begin
  if a = c then begin
    ShowMessage('a equals with c, no need to change!');
  end
  else begin
  a := c;
  //ddd
  //bbb - may be comments, may be code... just a lot of strings...
  //ddd
  end;
end;


so... something must be changed:

Code: [Select]
If a<>b then begin
  if a = c then begin
    ShowMessage('a equals with c, no need to change!');
  end
  else begin
    a := c;
    //ddd
    //bbb - may be comments, may be code... just a lot of strings...
    //ddd
  end;
end;


- it can be done by setting cursor on first symbol of a line (for
example a := c; ), then press <space> 2 times, than set cursor to next
line and do that again (as must be in Lazarus 0.9.22), or it can be
done by selecting all this lines and pressing Ctrl+Shift+I - as in
Delphi.

I know, that this feature is already exists in SynEdit (i used it )...
but i can't find it in EditorOptions->Hotkeys in Lazarus.

May it be added into any of next versions?

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Vincent Snijders · 2007-04-29 12:26

If I understand you correctly, then this is <Ctrl>+I and <Ctrl>+U in
Lazarus, so easier than in Delphi :-).

Or in the menu Edit -> Indent Selection and Unindent selection.

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Zaher · 2007-04-29 22:17

I prefer the TAB and Shift+TAB in lazarus

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CCRDude · 2007-04-30 15:39

Well, try to press TAB in Lazarus when you've got text selected you
want to indent. If you like that TAB just removed that code, well, but
I doubt that has anything to do with this question about indenting

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Vincent Snijders · 2007-04-30 17:44

CCRDude, I guess you don't have the "Tabs indents block" general
editor option checked. :-)

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CCRDude · 2007-04-30 20:30

Oh, I apologize, I never knew about that one. I guess I reinstall too
often (with cleaning the old folder beforehand) so I don't really took
looks at the options. Now that really looks useful, avoids mistakenly
deleting code!

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antonio · 2007-05-01 09:50

I don't reinstall so many times, but never knew that one as well...