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Bug 515579

Summary:	[quick assist] Quick Assists to add a cast to a statement
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Lars Vogel <Lars.Vogel>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, Lars.Vogel, noopur_gupta
Version:	4.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Lars Vogel

2017-04-21 08:57:58 EDT

I frequently use the shortcut to assign the variable of a method to a new local variable.

Assume the following result:

View view = findViewById(R.id.resultView);

Now I need to change the type of View to TextView. The process in Eclipse (as well as in IntelliJ) is relatively time consuming:

1.) Change View to TextView
2.) Navigate to the findViewById
3.) Use Ctrl+1 to add a cast

I would be great if we could have a "Change type" quick assists which would allow to do all three steps at the same time.

Related but not the same is Bug 363435.

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2017-04-21 09:45:19 EDT

(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #0)
> 2.) Navigate to the findViewById

This step is not required. You can simply invoke Ctrl+1 and it jumps to the error. I don't think this justifies the addition of a new quick assist. If you disagree and want to contribute this, please reopen with a Gerrit change attached.

Comment 2 Lars Vogel

2017-04-21 09:51:52 EDT

(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #1)
> (In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #0)
> > 2.) Navigate to the findViewById
> 
> This step is not required. You can simply invoke Ctrl+1 and it jumps to the
> error. 

Nice.

> I don't think this justifies the addition of a new quick assist. 

I agree.

Comment 3 Noopur Gupta

2017-04-21 10:52:11 EDT

*** Bug 511175 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***