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Status Not under consideration
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 12, 2015

COBOL Editor : A List Of Functional Hotkeys

In COBOL Editor, when you push the keys Ctrl + Shift + L, you have a list of hotkeys.

A majority hotkeys are functional but some do nothing or wrong, some examples :

- "Copy Lines" (Ctrl + Alt + Down) is a system hotkey to flip from down to up (graphical parameter) and doesn't work for the copy
- "Manage Sequence Numbers" (Ctrl + Shift + M) does nothing

Moreover, some hotkeys seems useless for the edition view and inherited from the Java side of Eclipse like Java Tools :

- Debug > F11
- Debug Java Applet > Alt + Shift + D, A
- Debug Java Application > Alt + Shift + D, J
- Add Javadoc Comment > Alt + Shift + J
- Add Artifact to Target Platform > Ctrl + Alt + Shift + A
- API Invoker > Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N

Also, SQL references :

- Tune Query > Ctrl + Alt + T
- Extract SQL > Ctrl + Alt + X
- Run SQL > Shift + F6

Finally, the MyLyn Tasks :

- Activate Task > Ctrl + F9
- Check In > Ctrl + Shift + F9

Can we have a clean list keeping a minimum of usefull hotkeys in a COBOL Editor context ? Like we can have here : https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.1.0/com.ibm.etools.rdz.language.editors.doc/topics/rzdcobshort.html

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Aug 21, 2016

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us; However, your request for enhancement is not currently aligned with our product strategy and vision and we have no plans to address your request in the near future. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    Nov 25, 2015

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.