If you care about this issue, go and Vote for these bugs at eclipse.org:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=5138
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=14654
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=23614
It looks like it's close to being fixed, but not for 3.2.
John
On 5/22/06, Mike Schrag <mschra..dimension.com> wrote:
> Interestingly, the text area where you edit on Eclipse is pure
> Java ... Most of the surrounding controls are native, though.
>
> It is an SWT thing, though. I believe it's literally the case that
> there is no triple-click event (it's a double followed by a single, I
> think?). There are open bugs for it, but not a lot of movement to
> fix it.
>
> I'm also still not used to the new mac keyboard navigation :)
>
> ms
>
> On May 22, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Marc Respass wrote:
>
> > Welcome to write once work like Windows everywhere ;). Lastest
> > builds of Eclipse use Mac keyboard navigation which is good if
> > you're new to Eclipse and a pain if your brain switches to Eclipse
> > mode like mine has for the past 3 years.
> >
> > I think the answer is "the source is available" (ha ha - kidding).
> > I don't know any way to do that. I use Azureus and Oxygen (both
> > also SWT apps) and they don't do it right either. I think it's an
> > SWT thing. SWT on Mac is based on Carbon so it's possible that the
> > Carbon TextArea control doesn't give you much.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > On May 22, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Ken Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone have any hints or tips on how to get the Eclipse
> >> editor to be more Mac like? There are 2 things that are driving
> >> me insane:
> >>
> >> 1) Triple-click does not highlight an entire line
> >> 2) Double click on a word, then drag, does not highlight on a
> >> word by word basis
> >>
> >> I thought I could overlook these things, but it still drives me
> >> nuts after a month using Eclipse.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ken
> >>
> >
>
>
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