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netics
Senior Member
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 Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 11:14:03 PM
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In Visual C# 2008,
if I type 'prop' and press tab twice, it activates VC# Code Snippet.
It inserts below codes. Then enter editing mode with box-surrounded [int] and [MyProperty] part.
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public [int] [MyProperty] { get; set; }
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If no VA installed, pressing tab works to move between editable box.
But, with VA, if I type 'fl' in [int] part, VA suggest 'float'.
Then I type tab, VA intercept tab to complete the word float.
The problem is that it makes VC# Snippet mode quit. I can't edit [MyProperty] part.
It will be better that VA listbox/suggestion feature works well with VC# Code Snippet mode.
and question.
The code snippet of VC# support in-place editing mode.
Is there a plan for VA to support in-place editing instead of dialog-based editing?
other tools like CodeRush, ReSharper also support it.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Feb 28 2009 : 10:19:30 AM
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I am seeing the same effect here with VA Snippets breaking IDE Snippets. Thank you for the clear description.
case=24522
I am not aware of any plans for in place editing of VA snippets, but it is possible. Personally I am not to sure about this. My main concern is that in place editing is not so obvious. When I first encountered IDE snippets I had no idea that Tab would move me through the marker points. To me this was not at all obvious.
I sort of see the appeal, and since you are in the editor you get listboxes, but I wonder if this will help or hinder overall? A lot of our users don't even know you can edit VA Snippets, and probably never use the dialog to prompt for values. So I am wary of anything that makes the feature less "obvious". |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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netics
Senior Member
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Posted - Feb 28 2009 : 12:44:48 PM
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Really -_-?
I think that VA Snippet is really powerful tool, essentially including editable variable.
It's shock that many people even don't know that.
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But, although, I really think that VA should have in-place snippet editing.
I had worked with C++ for a long time. I like VA. It's the best tool of C++ world.
Now I am using C#. But in C# world, VA is regarded as old-fashioned tool.
ReShaper and CodeRush have the position of modern C# tool.
You may not agree this, but, at least it's true among my company co-workers.
You are right. In first time, I didn't know 'tab' key for moving markers, too
But it's also true that in-place mode is more obvious/live editing after learning it.
Try below kind of template.
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for( int [var] = 0; [var] <= [max]; ++[var] )
{
}
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All [var] place is modified simultaneously. (It feels like alive)
It even don't need separate snippet preview tab like dialog-based way.
How about it?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2009 : 3:35:56 PM
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I have put in a feature request for "inline" editing for these items in VA Snippets to see what our developers make of it:
case=24605
I do see an appeal here, but I am also wondering how many problems it could cause.
As for people using existing VA features, we have quite a lot of features, and new users just tend to find and use a few of them, and have no idea about the rest. Then again, without reading the help, I am not sure how to avoid this.
C++ support vs C# support is quite a different question, but essentially boils down to a question of where finite resources are spent. I agree that our C# support does look weak, but VA does more than people often realise  |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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sean
Whole Tomato Software
USA
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Posted - Aug 21 2015 : 12:24:51 AM
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| case=24605 is implemented in build 2073 |
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Co-operating between VA Snippet and VC# Snippet
