Bug 4204 - DCR: Java editor: Selection should be guessed (1GKQ0P4)
Summary: DCR: Java editor: Selection should be guessed (1GKQ0P4)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All Windows NT
: P4 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Kai-Uwe Maetzel CLA
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Reported: 2001-10-10 23:07 EDT by Dani Megert CLA
Modified: 2002-04-17 07:58 EDT (History)
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Description Dani Megert CLA 2001-10-10 23:07:47 EDT 
Often the cursor is in the middle of a word but the word is
	not selected. I worked with tools that try to guess/create a selection
	from the current cursor position.

	Example: having i= new Li¦st; where ¦ is the cursor, it would result in [List] if I press F3 or add import


NOTES:
EG (10/1/2001 12:17:34 AM)
	main concern about this is consistency.
Comment 1 Martin Aeschlimann CLA 2001-10-16 11:13:48 EDT 
moved to 'active'
Comment 2 Dirk Baeumer CLA 2002-02-27 09:39:18 EST 
Nice idea but I think that requires support from JDT Core since guessing the 
selection is hard when Unicode characters are involved.
Comment 3 Erich Gamma CLA 2002-04-17 07:58:15 EDT 
fixed you can put the cursor in the middle of a word and the code selection 
sensitive actions interpret this the same as when a word is selected.