What useful macros have you created in Netbeans? [closed]

Answer 1

I found Code Templates to be very useful, especially this one (for HTML):

<${tag}>${cursor}</${tag}>

The abbreviation is "tt", and it can also surround any text with custom tag, when called by the code template menu.

<${param_name default="tag"}${cursor}>
${selection}
</${param_name default="tag"}>

This one will surround anything with any tag. Select something, then Alt+F3, then just select this template from the menu. After that type the tag you want, e.g. "div".

Answer 2

I often like to have commas as the first character separating properties or list items in JavaScript; like so:

var foo = {
    a : 'a'
    //, b : 'B' //todo: make lcase
    , c : 'c'
};

Sometimes, I either forget to do this, or have a mass of text to update. To fix these quickly, I bound the keyboard shortcut C-, C-, -- That's two presses of ',' while holding CTRL key -- to:

caret-end-line selection-next-word selection-next-word " " caret-backward caret-backward insert-break

Answer 3

This is my first netbeans macro.

"echo '< pre >';print_r();die();"

my shortcut key => Alt+A

for this you can use any shortcut

Answer 4

This macro inserts -moz- and -webkit- prefixed equivalents of a css3 style rule:

caret-end-line selection-begin-line copy-to-clipboard caret-backward insert-break caret-up "-webkit-" paste-from-clipboard insert-break "-moz-" paste-from-clipboard

Answer 5

I needed to surround text fragments with HTML tags, but couldn't figure out how to do it quickly, so I came up with this macro:

cut-to-clipboard "<strong>" paste-from-clipboard "</strong>"

Simple, clean, and you can put any tag/text you want. Give it a shortcut like Alt+B and you have quick way to insert HTML

Answer 6

insert-date-time remove-word-previous remove-word-previous

Mapped to CTRL+SHIFT+D to insert the short date, so useful cause I like to date my comments / TODOs but often don't know the date!

Although I think Code Templates and more useful, for example:

           // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="${cursor}">

and

           // </editor-fold>

Mapped to 'fold' then tab and 'endfold' then tab respectively.

Also

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "${EXP default="Got here"}");

Mapped to 'jop' then tab is handy.