Description Timo Suoranta 2011-12-02 17:28:37 EST

Build Identifier: 20110916-0149

In Eclipse text editor:
E1. if there is no block selection, tab inserts white space at caret location
E2. if there is selection part of single line, tab replaces selection with white space
E3. if there is block selection, tab indents lines touching selection
E4. if there is no selection, shift-tab unindents the whole current line, regardless of current caret position
E5. if selection contains unintended lines (no white space in beginning), shift-tab does nothing
E6. if all lines have indentation (begin with whitespace), shift-tab unindents lines touching current selection (block or non-block), 

In Visual Studio text editor:
V1. if there is no selection, tab inserts white space at caret location
V2. if there is selection part of single line, tab replaces selection with white space
V3. if there is multi-line non-block selection, tab, indents lines touching selection
V4. if there is multi-line block selection, tab inserts white space at left edge of block selection
V5. if there is no selection, shift-tab removes white space left to caret
V6. if there is non-block selection, shift-tab unindents any line in the selection which can be unindented, even if some of then can not be unindented
V7. if there is block-selection, shift-tab removes white space left to the block selection (on all lines)

In Visual Studio tab and shift-tab behave symmetrically, and text RHS from caret and block text selections can be quickly moved left/right to achieve desired alignment. 

Some users may find above listed V features more useful than E features. I would like to request V features in Eclipse text editor as optional features.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
N/A