User's View

NetBeans - Editor Module

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Authors:

Patrick Keegan, Miloslav Metelka, Roman Strobl, Sun Microsystems/NetBeans

Document History:

Available in CVS

Abstract:

This document describes the Editor from the user's point of view. The Editor is a full-featured text editor that is integrated with the Form Editor, Explorer, Compiler, and Debugger. It is the default viewer for all Java, HTML, and plain text files as well as any other types of files specified by installed extension modules. The editor offers advanced features such as customizable abbreviations, word matching or dynamic code completion.

Contents:

Basic features

Opening Source Files in the Editor

Asterisks in Editor window tabs

Editor window contextual menu

Mouse and clipboard functions

Standard navigation and text selection shortcuts

Text scrolling shortcuts

Advanced features

Abbreviations

Bookmarks

Working with braces

Code Completion

Formatting code

Jump List

Find and Replace

Editor Settings

Global Editor Settings

Editor settings by type of editor

Customizing Editor abbreviations

Caret row highlighting

Setting fonts and text coloring in the Editor

Customizing Java code completion

Formatting options

Changing assignments for Editor keyboard shortcuts

Storing the settings into the XML files

Appendix A - Default Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation shortcuts

Edit shortcuts

Extension shortcuts

Appendix B - Editor Abbreviations