[Qt-creator] Block selection

[Matthias Ettrich]

On Monday 17 November 2008 04:50:44 pm ext Pim Schellart wrote:
> It would be nice to have a block select (and replace) mode, similar to
> the visual block selection mode in vi or in kate.

The kate one has a an explicit on/off switch, which I didn't like too much. We 
now did it more visual studio like: Select with Alt-Shift-ArrowKeys or keep 
Alt pressed when you select with the mouse to get block selection.

> This in particular useful for correcting indentation in existing code.

Doesn't edit/advanced/auto-indent-selection (Ctrl-I) do a better job there? 
Why indent manually if the computer can do it for you :)

>
> Code completion does not seem to work for me (or I don't know how to
> use it). Most of the time no suggestions appear and nothing is
> completed (so unlike the example on the Qt site I have to type return
> in full.
> When suggestions do appear I can browse through the list but not
> select one using mouse, enter or tab.

Something seems to be severly wrong there.  I do get suggestions, and I can 
select using mouse, enter, or tab. All three mechanisms do work.

Are you sure you have the project loaded? You are aware of Ctrl-space to 
trigger completion explicitely (it happens automatically on "->" or ".")?

In case you want to test again, please use a recent snapshot, there might have 
been fixes since your posting.

Matthias