I often use Xcode snippets which contain fields to fill (like <#time_interval#>), I jump between those fields with tabulator. Sometimes, when I fill a field with a word and click tab to jump to next field, Xcode automatically changes word to first suggestion from autocompletion dropdown, e.g. HelloWorld. I don't want to disable suggestions, I just want to disable completing my code on clicking tab. Is there a way to do so? I feel extremely dumb because I make iOS apps for over 7 years already and this setting drives me crazy. It should be something simple somewhere and I must have missed it over and over.
UPDATE for clarification (images):
Click tab and enter one field to fill it:
Type what you want to have there e.g. "literal" word:
Click tab again to pass onto next fillMe field. Expected result:
Actual result (instead of word "literal" you get Color Literal there which is the first position in autocompletion list):
You may use CMD+Z as a workaround - it will revert Xcode autocompletion and leave everything else as is.
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I would like to use Xcode editor instead of others for swift typing but I am missing basic functionality of deleting whitespace backward.
Normally in the world of code editors, you just press option + backspace or something similar and thats it, it deletes whitespace just until next character starts, eating new line in the way as everyone needs.
But xCode is doing some wired unusable staff and is deleting not just whitespace and new line, but also part of text on previous line, until it considers some character start of word, basically making it unusable.
I don't need to know how to use "Delete subword backward" !
All key bindings can be edited in Xcode -> Preferences -> Key Bindings.
By default the combination you're interested in is assigned to something like Delete Subword Forward. Just remove the combination from the action that you don't need and add it to the action called Delete Forward (or whatever action you're looking for, it's not very clear).
To add a key binding you double click on existing Key value, click +, press Option+Backspace, click somewhere outside the field to save new value.
using the "Replace..." [Find menu] function a slide-in at the bottom appears with an option field/entry for "Find:" and below that one, one for "Replace:"
having completed a replace [eg "Find: abc", "Replace: xyz"] for instance by employing "Replace All" the very slide-in disappears
now for another, new, search, for instance within a document having selected a different, let's say word like "oha", that selection 'oha' is auto-copied over as new entry in "Find:" when using "Replace..." again. this is to say that now in "Find:" the entry does read "oha" tho didn't paste it manually in -- the "abc" entry fromthe previous search got replaced
however, the last entry in the "Replace:"-entry-field remains unchanged
it's the "Find:" entry that get's auto filled in w/out the option [as far as i could figure out]
and that exactly is my question about :
any option to modify Sublime's settings such that nothing gets changed/auto-copied/filled-in at "Find:" ?
pretty annoying behaviour, as i experience it, for instance when having to replace just a single character combi within similar text and each time the copy-selected text get's auto-copied/filled-in at "Find:" rather than leave it be till the usr opts to modify that entry from previous replace-calls
The Find and Find and Replace widgets automatically populate the Find box with either the current selection if there is one, or the previous value used in that box. This box is a dropdown, which contains the previous values used, so you can easily go back through your history in that window and not have to re-type a complicated regular expression, for example.
When the Find box opens pre-populated with a value, it is automatically selected, so to get rid of it all you have to do is hit Backspace or Delete. Alternatively, you can just begin typing your new search query, and it will erase the old one.
There is a setting in Sublime Text 4 that modifies this behavior:
// If true, the selected text will be copied into the find panel when it's
// shown.
// On Mac, this value is overridden in the platform specific settings.
"find_selected_text": true,
If you set "find_selected_text": false, in your user settings, you can disable this behavior.
I just updated my Sublime Text version (Build 4107), and it seems to me a new behaviour appeared - that I would like to avoid.
Whenever I write a colon or comma, the auto-complete popup automatically displays, which is problematic because most of the time in this situation I am about to go to next line by pressing Enter. Thing is, if press Enter, I select now the first occurence of autocomplete instead of going to next line.
I can avoid this by doing "Alt + Enter" or by pressing "Esc" before Enter, but it is not a convenient solution. Is there any way to prevent this autocomplete popup to display afer this particular punctuation signs ?
I read about punctuation.separator scope naming (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/scope_naming.html#punctuation). But I can't figure out how to use it in auto_complete_foo settings to do what I want.
Example :
Thanks for the help !
If you have a package SublimeCodeIntel, try to disable it, and check the problem is saved or not
It helped me
You can set "auto_complete_when_likely": false, in your user preferences which should prevent this behavior.
In Xcode < 4, you could hold the "option" key, and the "Replace All" button would change to "Replace in Selection". As of Xcode 4, this does nothing. Anyone know if there's a new way to do it, or is it bug filing time?
This appears to be working again now, at least in Xcode 4.4.1.
When the find/replace bar appears at the top of the editor, holding down the option key on the keyboard causes "Replace in Selection" to appear in lieu of "Replace All."
I'm glad, because this was an ANNOYING omission.
Another workaround:
In Xcode, select the text, press copy
In a terminal session:
pbpaste|sed 's/SOURCETEXT/NEWTEXT/g'|pbcopy
Return to Xcode window, press paste
Since the original should still be selected, it will just be replaced. You could probably build a simple shell script to do this.
Doug
An few images to supplement the chosen answer:
And holding down Option:
See also
Find/Replace in Xcode using Regular Expressions
Seems like missing functionality. You should file a bug report.
I'm upset that they took out this functionality, as I used it constantly, but here's my workaround. Copy your selected text from Xcode4 to TextEdit or some other word processor, do the find and replace there, and then copy the results back into Xcode.
It's not sexy but it's worth it if you do a lot of these "find and replace on my selection", and you leave the word processor open in Spaces as you work.
They should add "my selection" as an alternative to "workspace" and "my scope".
There is another way only replace the matches you find, rather than just this one or all of them.
I suggest you save a copy first, just in case....
In Find and Replace, Show Find Options (you can do this by pressing the magnifying glass).
Press Preview.
Uncheck all the ones you don't want replacing.
Press Replace
Hope that helps, it did me.
Not ideal, but not too bad:
Do a find and replace in workspace (cmd-opt-shift-f) enter your desired find/replace
Enter your desired search term and hit return
Select the range of replacements from the list of matches on the left
Hit replace (not replace all)
To replace text in a selection using Xcode 9
Press Option-Command-F to bring up the find/replace box.
Enter the search and replace string. Changing the search string will lose any existing selection, so..
Make your selection (again). (If you don't do this, the selection will be the first search string found only)
Hold down the key and "Replace All" will change to "Replace Selection", then click it.
Once you understand that you make your selection AFTER you have entered the search string, then this is not that clumbersome and works fine.
I find alt-command-f easier for local find and replace (4.3) and then working around your selection.
EthenA.Wilson asked in a comment to the OP a couple of days ago:
"Is there a way to do this in Xcode 5?"
For the benefit of those who, like me, had been searching for it, here's how:
After you put your Find and Replace terms in the bars at the top left-hand side of the editor page, select the text you want to search in, then look at the top right-hand side (same bar). You'll see where it says "All", right next to "Replace." Now press the Option key. "All" will change to "All in Selection." Click it, and you're done. Could be a bit more intuitive, but the functionality is there in Xcode 5.
Naturally, good idea to take a snapshot before you click!
HTH!
Not sure which feature prior to Xcode 4 you're referring to, but the shortcut Command+Shift+E gives you "Use Selection for Replace". If you're talking about "Find and Replace in Workspace" (Command+Option+Shift+F), then what you need to do is run your find and then hold down "Shift" or "Command" on the selections shown and then hit "Replace".
Say we have a TestClass with the 2 methods, -getSomeString and -getAnotherString, and we are editing the following code and the cursor is in the location shown:
NSString *aString = [TestClass get<cursorIsHere>SomeString];
Say I want to change it to use -getAnotherString. If I bring up the auto-completion popup and select the other method via hitting enter or tab, I'm left with:
NSString *aString = [TestClass getAnotherStringSomeString];
i.e., it doesn't replace the existing text but rather just inserts.
Is there a special keystroke to make it replace the remaining text?
See IntelliJ for reference.
I don't think that there is a one step operation to achieve this. My suggestion would be similar to Thomas Templemann, but rather than two steps of forward word select and then Delete, I would expand to the desired autocomplete, by bouncing on Control + . and then hit Option + forward delete, which kills to the end of the word.
I don't think so. I have always used the following
double click on getSomeString
press Escape (or your autocomplete key)
find replacement method
that double click step has never really bothered me, but I would be interested if anyone knows better!
My work-around for this problem is this: Since the cursor will be right after the inserted text, I just press Shift-Option-Rightcursor, which selects the word past the cursor, then I hit the Delete key.
You can use the Tab key to perform "replace" instead of "insert" when choosing the method from the auto-complete popup in IntelliJ 9 (don't know if it's available in previous versions).