About curly brace auto-completion

[hovey]

There is currently a feature about curly brace auto-completion.
When I enter a { on a single line, it will automatically add an empty line and a } on the thrid line.
This feature is great. But why not extend it a little more?
For java style, the { is in the end of a line. When I enter { in the end of line, the close brace } is automatically added. Why not test if a Enter follows, it will add a new empty line between { and }, and point the caret to that line.

Currently, if I don't close the brace-completion, it will takes me many extra keys to write the codes in java style.

[Pecan]

If you'd like to roll-your-own (language independent) syntax in CodeBlocks, you might fine cbKeyMacs useful.

It allows you to define any sequence of keys, then paste them in via hotkey or mouse.

http://code.google.com/p/cbkeymacs/w/list

[Jenna]

You can also try to use abbreviations  ("Settings -> Editor... -> Abbreviations").

[hovey]

If you'd like to roll-your-own (language independent) syntax in CodeBlocks, you might fine cbKeyMacs useful.

It allows you to define any sequence of keys, then paste them in via hotkey or mouse.

http://code.google.com/p/cbkeymacs/w/list

Thx. This tool is great. But if it can invoke the macro by context or a regular expression rule, it may be more helpful.

[hovey]

You can also try to use abbreviations  ("Settings -> Editor... -> Abbreviations").

Yeah. But it requires much extra keys to do my jobs. My main concern is to reduce redundant keys.

[dj3500]

Hi,
Just wanted to say that I'd also appreciate this feature. I think it's the default behaviour in Eclipse and NetBeans, and it works really well.

[Alpha]

For java style, the { is in the end of a line. When I enter { in the end of line, the close brace } is automatically added. Why not test if a Enter follows, it will add a new empty line between { and }, and point the caret to that line.

I think this is already default behavior (at least in nightly builds).

[xorgx3]

Sorry for bump, but i can't extort my codeblocks to use braces like in Java... Anyone knows why?