[mcintosh_i]

I upgraded to MyEclipse 6.6 running on Eclipse 3.3 to get Maven4MyEclipse and this broke my shortcut keys (all default, none customised) for formatting code. In other words SHIFT-CTRL-F didn’t work any more. So I upgraded to MyEclipse 7.0 M2 running on Eclipse 3.4.1 and it still doesn’t work. Works fine if I select the Format option from the Source menu.

Any ideas? Installation summary below.

cheers,
Ian

*** Date:
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 10:37:16 AM WST

** System properties:
OS=Linux
OS version=2.6.9.0
Java version=1.5.0_11

*** MyEclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench
Version: 7.0 Milestone-2
Build id: 7.0-M2-20080915

*** Eclipse details:
MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench

Version: 7.0 Milestone-2
Build id: 7.0-M2-20080915

Eclipse Project SDK

Version: 3.4.1.R34x_v20080827-7O7S78C2J40sK2o_ALcK8tLN_yZSJeg0P-3EtL4Ra90kv
Build id: M20080911-1700

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080731-9I96EiDElYevwz-p1bP5z-NlAaP7vtX6Utotqsu
Build id: M20080911-1700

Eclipse Java Development Tools

Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080709-0800-7o7tEAfEF_U5qyUgrb2HAp539P97
Build id: M20080709-0800

Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework GEF

Version: 3.4.0.v20080115-677-8082A5696H274A
Build id: 200806091334

Eclipse RCP

Version: 3.4.100.r341_v20080814-989JESIEdAciFYfkZZsBfSwQ2341
Build id: M20080703-0800

Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Version: 3.4.1.r341_v20080731-7T7U0E9mlRIuGUYviF_VP
Build id: M20080703-0800

Eclipse startup command=-os
linux
-ws
gtk
-arch
x86
-showsplash
/opt/app/eclipse.org/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_3.3.101.v200809111700/splash.bmp
-launcher
/opt/app/eclipse.org/eclipse/eclipse
-name
Eclipse
–launcher.library
/opt/app/eclipse.org/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.0.101.R34x_v20080805/eclipse_1115.so
-startup
/opt/app/eclipse.org/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.101.R34x_v20080819.jar
-clean
-product
com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide
-vm
/opt/app/bea/jdk150_11/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so

[mcintosh_i]

Further information: if I do a SHIFT-CTRL-FFFF it works. That’s not a typo, it actually works if I hit the F key exactly four times while I’ve got shift and control held down.

[Loyal Water]

Ian,
I can get the shortcut to work with MyEclipse 6.6. What file are you trying to format? I got the shortcut to work with a JSP file.

[mcintosh_i]

It seems to be any files: java, jsp, xml. As I say I can get it to work if I hit the F key four times. As I’m hitting that key (still with SHIFT and CTRL held down) an underlined capital ‘F’ appears in my source file for each of the first three times I hit it, then the fourth time they all disappear and the source is formatted correctly. It’s pretty FFFFREAKY.

[Ton Huisman]

What keyboard layout is active during your actions in MyEclipse? Or what special keyboard enhancement software is active? It might have some special action coupled on Ctrl-Shift-F that is automatically inhibited on the fourth press of the F key. If it’s some tool, you can probably disable all actions when MyEclipse is active, or you could switch to a different keyboard layout when you activate MyEclipse?

HTH
Ton

[mcintosh_i]

Keyboard layout is set to US English, and no special keyboard enhancement software has been installed at all. I reckon it must be specific to running within a VMWare virtual machine. However, before the abovementioned upgrades to get Maven working etc, the formatting keyboard shortcut worked fine.

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