#24 Shift-tab to decrease indent

[Martijn Schiedon]

Hi Zoltan,

The [Shift]+[Tab] combination seems to do the same thing as the [Tab] key, namely increasing the indent level. If I indent one level too many, I need to remove the additional spacing line by line and re-indent. It would be so convenient if the [Shift]+[Tab] would bring the indentation one level down!

Kind regards,
Martijn

[Zoltán Turányi]

Hi!

Thanks. After a quick check, I was not able to reproduce the error. Do you have the internal editor preference "TAB auto-indents" set or cleared? If set, then TAB and Shift+TAB work the same way, they both indent to where Msc-generator thinks the line should be indented. If cleared, TAB and Shft+TAB ought to work as you described and for me they do.

Note: you can also select many lines (or all with Ctrl+A) and press TAB to auto indent them all (if the above preference is set).

Indentation is calculated differently for each language, maybe you have a specific file where it does not work? Could you tell me more about when this happens, please?

Zoltan

[Martijn Schiedon]

Hi Zoltan,

Thanks for explaining the option! This provides a workaround.

I can reproduce the error in a block file, with below fragment. The option
"TAB auto-indents" is on.

defproc server($id, $product1, $product2 = "") {
  boxcol server~$id: "Server \Q($id)" [server] {
    box: "\Q($product1)" [product];
    if $product2 then {
      box: "\Q($product2)" [product];
    }
  };
}

If I [Ctrl]+[A] the entire text and hit tab, just the "if" statement
indent (and that of its contents) increases forever...

Kind regards,
Martijn

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:39 AM, "Zoltán Turányi" teknos293@users.sf.net
wrote:

Hi!

Thanks. After a quick check, I was not able to reproduce the error. Do you
have the internal editor preference "TAB auto-indents" set or cleared? If
set, then TAB and Shift+TAB work the same way, they both indent to where
Msc-generator thinks the line should be indented. If cleared, TAB and
Shft+TAB ought to work as you described and for me they do.

Note: you can also select many lines (or all with Ctrl+A) and press TAB to
auto indent them all (if the above preference is set).

Indentation is calculated differently for each language, maybe you have a
specific file where it does not work? Could you tell me more about when
this happens, please?

Zoltan

• [feature-requests:#24]
  https://sourceforge.net/p/msc-generator/feature-requests/24/ Shift-tab to
  decrease indent*

Status: open
Group: Indefinite
Created: Wed Nov 29, 2017 02:17 PM UTC by Martijn Schiedon
Last Updated: Wed Nov 29, 2017 02:17 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

Hi Zoltan,

The [Shift]+[Tab] combination seems to do the same thing as the [Tab]
key, namely increasing the indent level. If I indent one level too many, I
need to remove the additional spacing line by line and re-indent. It would
be so convenient if the [Shift]+[Tab] would bring the indentation one
level down!

Kind regards,
Martijn

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[Zoltán Turányi]

Hi Martijn,

Indeed, apologies. Fixed. Will be in 6.1.105.

Z