Bug 330601

Summary: [templates] Allow to specify which template variable instance is used for initial editing
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Michael Graessle <mike-eclipse>
Component: TextAssignee: Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status: ASSIGNED --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 CC: daniel_megert
Version: 3.7Keywords: helpwanted
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Description Michael Graessle CLA 2010-11-18 14:29:07 EST 
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Currently, when executing a code template, the first instance of a variable is used to input that variable. It would be helpful for templates to be able to specify which instance is used for input.

A template like the following will currently not allow you to use proposals to select the value for id because the first id is within a string constant. 

System.out.println("${id}: " + ${id});

I propose adding some new marker to the variable definition that when present would suggest which variable to use for selection.

Possible Examples of new syntax:

System.out.println("${id}: " + ${[id]});
System.out.println("${id}: " + ${!id});
System.out.println("${id}: " + ${id::input});




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Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster CLA 2019-09-06 16:13:35 EDT 
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