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CTRL+2 L allows to assign a statement to a new locale variable. I use CTRL+2 L a lot, one of the best shortcuts in Eclipse IHMO. What would be nice if that I change the type on the left side of the equation and this type does not fit to the right hand-side that a cast is automatically added. Currently I have to select the right hand-side and use Ctrl+1 to add the cast. I attached a screenshot. If I would change the type on the left side, then I would get an error and have to use Ctrl+1.
Created attachment 206768 [details] Example
Markus, is it possible to set up linked mode in such a way that a cast is added when the user changes the type on LHS? void bar() { Object foo = foo(); // change type in LHS while still in linked mode } Object foo(){ return null; }
> Markus, is it possible to set up linked mode in such a way that a cast is added > when the user changes the type on LHS? No, AFAIK, this is not supported at the moment. The "linking" of the linked mode is implemented in LinkedPositionGroup#handleEvent(DocumentEvent), and that is currently not open for arbitrary transformations supplied by specific quick fixes. But I remember we had other situations where this would have been handy (e.g. the "for - iterate over collection" template).
See also Bug 511175 for a quickfix in a similar area.
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