Slick V3.3 manual Select a Tag Dialog, Miscellaneous Options

Select a Tag Dialog

•Auto-list compatible parameters - If selected, compatible variables are automatically listed when parameter info is active and typing the arguments to a function call. Global (non-module) variables are not listed. This only affects C, C++, and Java. To access this feature on demand, press Alt+Comma. See Auto List Compatible Parameters for more information.

•Pad parentheses - If selected, a space is inserted after the open parenthesis when a parameter name is automatically inserted. In addition, if you type a close parenthesis after an automatically inserted parameter, it will insert a space before the close parenthesis.

•Insert space after comma - If selected, a space is inserted after the comma when a parameter name is automatically inserted, such as myfun(a, b, c).

Miscellaneous Options

The following options appear at the bottom of the Context Tagging® tab:

•Go to Definition navigates to symbol definition (proc) or declaration (proto) - These options are mutually exclusive. If neither option is selected, the Select a Tag dialog is displayed, prompting you for both definitions and declarations. In any case, if you use Ctrl+Dot to jump to a symbol, you can cycle through the alternate symbols by pressing Ctrl+Dot repeatedly. You can step backwards through the list of matches by pressing Ctrl+Comma. However, once you reach the first match, Ctrl+Comma will then pop you back to your original location, where you were before you pressed Ctrl+Dot.

Independent of the settings for these options, in the following circumstances, SlickEdit® Core will jump directly to the definition or declaration.

•If the cursor is on the first line of a symbol's declaration, it will jump directly to the definition, provided it is unique.

•If the cursor is on the first line of a symbol's definition, it will jump directly to the declaration, provided it is unique.

This behavior is particularly convenient for C++ programmers to navigate from a function to its proto- type and vice-versa. See Symbol Navigation for more information about navigating through your code.

•Show info for symbol under mouse - When selected, as the mouse cursor floats over a symbol, the information and comments for that symbol are displayed.

•Update after (ms) idle - The value that you type in this field contains the idle time in milliseconds be- fore the List Members feature displays the list. To prevent the List Members list from being displayed when you are typing fast, set the idle time to 300 milliseconds.

Select a Tag Dialog

The Select a Tag dialog is used to prompt whether you want to navigate to the symbol’s definition or de- claration when you use Go to Definition (Ctrl+Dot, Navigate → Go to Definition, or push_tag com- mand).

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