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NetBeans and autocomplete

Dirk Schreckmann
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Joined: Dec 10, 2001
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Does NetBeans have an autocomplete feature a la JBuilder's Ctrl-J or JCreator's Tab? On these two other IDEs, this feature will replace a code shortcut, like "out", with a saved code block, like "System.out.println()".
While searching the documentation, I seem to only locate information on code popups.


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Sam Kebab
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Joined: Jan 23, 2002
Posts: 104
Yes. For example:
sout - spacebar : will give you System.out.println
There are many other. You can also create your own.
Dirk Schreckmann
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Joined: Dec 10, 2001
Posts: 7023
...and I just discovered them. NetBeans calls them "Abbreviations".
Main menu -> Tools -> Options... -> Editing -> Editor Settings -> Java Editor -> Abbreviations
Thanks for the help.
 
 
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