Enhancments to Library

[fuzzylogic]

When creating a code snippet in the Library there is no way to insert a tab as a formatting character into the code. It would be really nice to be able to do this so that the code snippet gets well formatted.

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Another thing I would like to be able to do -- either as an extended function of the library or as a separate feature. Currently you have a way to insert date and time stamps as bracketed meta values that always get updated.

However, when adding comments about changes I made, I always put the date that I made that change. I would like an easy way to insert the current date without having the meta brackets.

I suppose if you want to get fancy you could give people options for formatting, but I am content with the iso date format. I just want to not have to type it all the time because I do it a lot.

Thanks

[fuzzylogic]

there is no way to insert a tab as a formatting character into the code.

I just figured out that although it is not possible to type a tab character, it is possible to paste a tab character. so that helps. basically it would be good to add a note about that to the docs.

And speaking of docs, there is a small error. They state that

Of you have assigned a shortcut key to the snippet you want to insert, just press the key combination. Library panel must not be visible in this case.

This is not quite correct, it is fine for the Library panel to be open.

[Gatis]

Thanks for your findings. We will update the docs, and I will try to find out more about the TAB problem (I mean why does the TAB leave the text editing area). Probably there is some reason, but I do not know what it is...

[multifarious]

I'd imagine it's a 'problem' with default form-field behaviour. IE: in most, if not all, window-form objects "tab" is reserved to move between fields, tabs and buttons. As such this is expected behaviour. Even MS's mouse-button assignment tools don't allow me to add 'Tab' to a button just like that.
Adding support for entering 'Tab' into a formfield probably means you have to circumvent, disable or otherwise cripple this default behaviour in the specified windows-form, which might have undesired effects on the remainder of the form.

Just thought I'd point this out

[fuzzylogic]

well what I actually had in mind is a special code that you would put in there like you do for the cursor position.

such as <tab>

But of course this introduces the problem of what to do if you actually want that as text....

It is possible to turn off the tab behavior for one specific text box, without affecting anything else.

[wjnielsen]

CTRL+TAB gets a tab in the snippets field.

[syrupcore]

CTRL+TAB gets a tab in the snippets field.

nice!