[news.eclipse.platform] Re: How to bind Tab in plugin.xml for an editor.

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary E. Barnes wrote:
> How do I do what the Java editor does for the Tab key?
See 
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.setActionActivationCode(String, 
char, int, int).
The Java editor does this: setActionActivationCode("IndentOnTab", '\t', 
-1, SWT.NONE); //$NON-NLS-1$

Dani
> The Java editor binds Control-I to "Correct Indentation" and it binds 
> Tab to a function that works almost the same if the cursor is in the 
> whitespace at the start of a line.  But I can't find the Tab binding 
> anywhere.  I can find the Control-I binding,
>
> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.bindings">
>    <key sequence="M1+I"
>         commandId="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.edit.text.java.indent"
>         ......
>
> But what is it binding to Tab and more importantly how is it doing it? 
> There's nothing bound to Tab according to the Preferences>Keys page 
> but it obviously is bound to something.  I would like to provide the 
> same general functionality in my editor, but what goes into the 
> plugin.xml file?
>
>     Gary