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Bug 263575

Summary: Hotkeys in compare editor now restricted to Synchronize view?
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Matthew Hall <qualidafial>
Component: CompareAssignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Matthew Hall CLA 2009-02-03 21:24:59 EST 
When reviewing patches, I double-click a file in Synchronize view to open the compare editor.  I like to Ctrl-M to maximize the compare editor so that the old and new versions are fully visible without needing to scroll horizontally.  From there use Ctrl-. and Ctrl-, to iterate back and forth through changes.  This is a very useful workflow when reviewing patches.

With 3.5M5 (actually I20090129-1800) this workflow is interrupted.  When I double click a file in the Synchronize view, the compare editor opens but the Sync view immediately grabs focus back--so Ctrl-M maximizes the Sync view instead of compare.  I can go for the mouse and move focus back manually, but it appears Ctrl-. and Ctrl-, no longer work in the compare editor--so there's no possible way to use these shortcuts in full-screen.

Is it possible to restore the key bindings and leave focus in the compare editor when opened from the Synchronize view?
Comment 1 Tomasz Zarna CLA 2009-02-04 03:39:13 EST 
I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we already have bugs open for both issues: the focus issue is addressed in bug 261613, for the Ctrl+. issue take a look at bug 261229. The bad news is that none of them has been fixed yet. Both of them are planned for 3.5M6 though.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 261613 ***