Enhanced Text Editor

VA Assist adds numerous enhancements to the VA Java text editor:

• Double-click at beginning or end of line selects line
• Double-click at beginning or end of text selects everything
• Tab key always block indents partially selected lines
• Use Windows default style word select
• Make "beginning of line" key jump to first character
• Add word delete key bindings
• Add find matching bracket key binding

All of these options are configurable via the "VA Assist | Code Editing" options page.

Double-click at beginning or end of line selects line

Determines whether double clicking at the beginning or end of a line selects the entire line. Triple-clicking on a word will also select the entire line.

Double-click at beginning or end of text selects everything

Determines whether double or triple clicking at the beginning or end of a text selects all of the text.

Tab key always block indents partially selected lines

Normally, if a line is partially selected, the Tab key will replace the selected text with a Tab character. In order for the Tab key to block indent the lines, they must be completely selected. This options allows the block indent function to work with partially selected lines as well.

Use Windows default style word select

Normally, VA Java selects words in a right-to-left manner (e.g., Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left keys), unlike other IDEs and word processors (including WordPad and MS Word) that select text in a left-to-right manner. This option makes VA Java use Windows default left-to-right word selection.

Make "beginning of line" key jump to first character

Normally, the "beginning of line" key (e.g., Home key) jumps to the very beginning of the line. Many IDEs are intelligent and will jump to the first character in a line (assuming it is indented). This option makes VA Java jump to the first non-whitespace character of the line.

Add word delete key bindings

VA Java does not provide any key bindings for forward and backward word delete. This option adds key bindings for both and pre-assigns them to Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Del.

Add find matching bracket key binding

Normally, to find a matching bracket, you must double-click on its counterpart. VA Java does not provide any key bindings for this feature. This option adds a key binding for this feature and pre-assigns it to Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+].