PHP IDE :: NuSphere Forums :: View topic - Smart indent + Auto-close brackets != Smart brackets

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:12 am

I have a couple annoyances regarding these features and how I'd like it if they worked together... but currently do not.

When I type

Code:

function doSomething() {

The right bracket is completed and then after I hit enter I get the following

Code:

function doSomething() {
}

The cursor has the right bracket stuck to the side of it. Not really stuck but as I type it will always be there to the right until I arrow away from it. If I leave it as is and type another bracketed structure I'll get this:

Code:

function doSomething() {
if (TRUE) {
}}

When I get stuck next to a bracket I correct the issue by hitting return, arrowing up once and hitting tab twice. It is annoying to have to repeat this sequence each and every time I start a new block of code.

What I would like to happen is the following when I write a auto-completed bracket and then hit enter is:

Code:

function doSomething() {
| // <- cursor
}
// or
function doSomething() {
if (TRUE) {
| // <- cursor
}
}

Basically to have the smart indent and auto-close bracket features work together to correctly indent me and place the closing bracket indented properly on the line below the cursor when creating a new block of code. I could even live with it happening with parentheses as well since I commonly write large array structures like so:

Code:

$arr = array(
'cat' => 'meow',
'dog' => 'woof',
'complex' => array(
'foo' => 'bar',
'bar' => 'foo',
),
);

Can this please happen?

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:32 am

It's easy to make this happen by yourself. Just go to tools->settings->Code Templates. Then, for change function to look how you want it. Here's how mine looks.

Code:

function |() { //<-The pipe `|` is where the cursor defaults to
//<-If you put a tab in the Template, it will be there when you use the shortcut.
}

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:03 pm

I could relearn to hit ctrl-j after typing function but I would still be left with the problem for all other cases where I use brackets. Not to mention all my method definitions would have wonky formatting since the templates line everything up inside themselves not with the line they were fired on.

Code:

protected function |() {
// <- tab is there
} // <- not lined up with the protected keyword

Lining up within the template is also the reason I couldn't just create a generic bracket template myself.

Out coding standard is to always use brackets even for one line if statements and case statements so to have phpEd do this little bit of extra formatting for me saves me a lot of annoying typing. Not to mention I've rarely used code templates and have to tech myself to use them.

I don't want to go down the path of having to define a private, protected, public, static private, static protected, static public and so on template so I can get just the function declarations to line up.

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:16 am

Has there been any update on this? I'm looking to switch from using Zend Studio to PhpED, and this is currently the single most annoying problem that I've found with PhpED. If this can be fixed, I'll have no reservations about using PhpED full-time instead of Zend Studio.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:46 am

Okay, so then I go and install the latest version and ... hello ... the inserting the cursor on a blank line between brackets is working as desired, although not in every situation.

It's a step in the right direction though.

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:12 am

Quote:

although not in every situation.

I'm not sure what you mean. If you press enter while cursor is in between the braces, it will get indented (unless you have smart-indent feature turned off):
blah{|}

=>

blah{
....|
}

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:35 pm

This has started working better in PhpED 5.5, although with "Cursor beyond EOL" disabled, the blank line in the middle isn't indented. I absolutely hate being able to position the cursor beyond the end of the line (I much prefer to see where characters actually exist), so can't we have PhpED inserting a tab character on that middle line if "Cursor beyond EOL" is disabled, please?

Thanks.