428002 – [block selection] Cannot insert TAB in block selection mode.

Bug 428002 - [block selection] Cannot insert TAB in block selection mode.

Summary: [block selection] Cannot insert TAB in block selection mode.

Status:	ASSIGNED

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Text (show other bugs)
Version:	4.4
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform-Text-Inbox
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Reported:	2014-02-12 10:29 EST by Jean-Francois Cote
Modified:	2019-11-27 08:28 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Jean-Francois Cote

2014-02-12 10:29:59 EST

In block selection mode, i select where i want to insert a character.  However, when i press TAB key, it doesn't insert the TAB where i have selected my block selection.  The result is like the TAB has been insert at the begining of all lines.  To get the result i want, i need to press SPACE 4 times.  Why inserting a space is alright and not a TAB?  This feature is very useful to re-align columns.

Regards,

-- Configuration Details --
Product: Eclipse 1.5.2.20130110-1126 (org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product)
Installed Features:
 org.eclipse.cvs 1.3.201.v20130116-085741-7B79FJKAkF7BG7ODH5CAJT

Comment 1 Malgorzata Janczarska

2014-02-12 11:00:08 EST

Where does this exactly happen? In compare editor when synchronizing, somewhere else? Does the problem apply to all types of files, or, for instance just Java?

Comment 2 Jean-Francois Cote

2014-02-12 13:32:41 EST

Created attachment 239875 [details]
Screenshot of TAB insert issue in block selection mode

Comment 3 Jean-Francois Cote

2014-02-12 13:33:37 EST

This happen in the main editing window.  Let's say I'm editing main.c file.  

Refer to the attached image:
I press ALT+SHIFT+A to activate “block selection mode”.   I select where I want to insert a TAB.  After having pressed TAB, as you can see,  all characters on the all lines have shifted.  A TAB has been inserted at the beginning of each lines instead of where I had put my selector.  To get the desired result, I must press SPACE 4 times.

In resume, in block selection mode, if we can insert a space or any characters, we should be able to insert a TAB isn't?

Comment 4 Lars Vogel

2019-11-27 07:44:21 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got
resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some
reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it.
The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you
still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is
(for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

If the bug is still relevant, please remove the stalebug whiteboard tag.

Comment 5 Jean-Francois Cote

2019-11-27 08:28:55 EST

This issue is still present in latest version of Eclipse.