I'm using the UML sequence diagram in gliffy for Jira and I can't seem to move the dotted line to the middle of the alt box - it stays stuck to the top and I don't see a handle for it. How do I move it to the middle?
It's really fiddly but it possible.
1) Double click the top guard condition [If] to go into text edit mode.
2) Add some carriage returns (new lines) at the end - the idea is to move the cursor down to where you want the line to go
If the line doesn't move when you insert the new lines (it's a bit flaky) then click outside the box (to save) and wait a few seconds for it to catch up.
If it still doesn't move the line, then move the shape a little to get it to redraw.
Finally, delete the shape and start again if it still won't move it.
As I said, it's a bit flaky.
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If I want to delete few lines of text in most of text editors, not touching some words on the bottom line and the whole upper line, I put cursor on the bottom row leaving all unnecessary words to the left of the cursor. Then I select few lines vertically by holding Shift + ↑. I stop on upper row and get some selection: part below + right part of the upper row:
In this example I want to get rid of if word and an empty space between the function header and the code, not touching the function header (even hough let will stick to the opening bracket {).
Normally (not in Xcode) I would still hold Shift and will press cmd + ➝ to deselect the right (selected) part or the top row.
Result will be like this:
I can simply press Delete and job is done.
However, in Xcode such shortcut usage makes bottom row fully selected (till the right) and not changes upper row selection:
Same thing happens if you select from top to bottom and you need to remove extra selection from the bottom line.
I tried to rebind shortcuts in Preferences but didn't find a solution.
This example is very particular and maybe not the best, however I face such selection problems only in Xcode and have to use mouse which is not handy.
This is a rather old question, but what you want is fairly simple to achieve. If your cursor is between the if and the let, you would only need to press option-shift-left arrow twice. The first time, it would select the if and the leading tabs, and the second would select the empty line.
How do I shift a set of lines one space to the right within a text editor?
If I wanted to shift a set of lines several spaces to the right, I would perform:
selected text + Tab
However, I just want to shift the text one space to the right without tabbing.
Any suggestions?
Hold down the alt key, left-click and hold the mouse button down on the first line where you wish to insert your space. Then, while still holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse vertically to extend this edit point to all the lines you want to move. Dragging it horizontally will create a box selection, which you want to avoid, as the selected text will end up being replaced, rather than a space be added.
Also, you cannot select individual, disjoint lines to move. You can only use alt-drag over a contiguous block of lines.
Once you have your multiline edit point created, hit the spacebar once.
Tada.
Here's a blog post by Scott Guthrie with more details and a vidya demo
If you don't want to use the mouse, you can use shift+alt+(up, down, left, or right) to create a box selection, or a multiline edit point.
Sorry for the silly question, but i'm trying to move my code right but doing it line by line.
Lets say my code is
if x==0:
print a
else:
if x==3:
and lets say i want to add new "if" in the begining of the code i need to take all my code right
so the new code will look like:
if y==3:
print y
else:
if x==0:
print a
else:
if x==3:
as for today i'm pressing "space" several time on each line to set it in the right place
I know that "ALT" and arrow take it up\down but coudnt fine the left right if there is something like that
thanks
Either move it line-by-line with TAB, or select several lines and use TAB. You can move them in the other direction with Shift+TAB. As already suggested you can also use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F to auto-format.
In the visual studio settings you can decide whether the spacing consist of tab symbols or actual blank spaces and the number. Keep this in mind, as some file types don't like one or the other.
you can use Shift+tab to move the whole code 1 tab space
I used Interface Builder to create an NSTextField and set its Line Break to Truncate Head (because if its text is too long to display all at once, I'd rather see the last few words than the first few).
My problem is that the modified Line Break compromises my ability to place my cursor in a specific position when making the NSTextField active (a.k.a. First Responder) by clicking the mouse. In this example, the NSTextField is not active, and I attempt to place my cursor between the "L" and "A" in "lazy".
After clicking, the cursor appears before the word "over".
Clearly, the NSTextField is ignoring the modified Line Break, and positioning the cursor as if it were the default. Can I achieve the effect of Truncate Head but keep the ability to place the cursor in a specific location by clicking?
I had the idea to record the mouseDown location, compare that to attributedStringValue's size, and calculate where the cursor should go, but I quickly got in over my head.
Original question: NSTextField keep scrolling at the end
I have the following silly problem:
I placed a single-line NSTextField on my View. The idea would be that it contains a long URL, but in my case mostly the ending is interesting.
So I would like the content to appear like scrolled to the end (so the beginning is not visible if it is longer than the textfield). The problem is that I do not know how to set this properly. I tried the "Text Direction" option to Right To Left which then displays properly, but as soon the user clicks on the field it jumps back to the beginning, thus confusing the user.
Please let me know what I am missing.
Thanks!
In Xcode 3.2.5 I hit Ctrl + L to center the content (just testing out some shortcuts) and now whenever I hit Return, the cursor starts in the centre of the next line, instead of at the beginning. (Almost like an invisible tab stop in Pages)
How do I get my normal Return functionality back?
I had the same problem and was able to fix it like this:
Xcode>Preferences>Indentation>Syntax-aware-indenting>automatically indented characters: UNCHECK RETURN box.
Apply
This worked for me, otherwise it would always position cursor in the middle of the new line.
For me, I forgot to close a parentheses.