A Key Bindings explorer module for NetBeans 4.1

Sandip Chitale <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.user-interface
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Key Bindings Explorer is a simple Netbeans module that lets you explore 
all the key bindings currently defined by you in your NetBeans 
</wiki/view/Main/NetBeans> IDE. It installs two actions in the Tools 
Menu and Toolbar.

    * Show Key bindings
    * Show Action bindings

Invoking the actions shows the Key Binding Explorer. It shows 
information about current key bindings in a table in a modal dialog. 
Here is a screen shot:

KeyBindingsExplorer.jpg

In each row it shows a key binding.

    * The first column shows the key sequence that invokes the action.
    * The second column shows the key sequence (without the modifiers)
      that invokes the action.
    * The third column shows the invoked action.
    * The fourth column shows the context in which the key sequence is
      applicable. A blank context means global context. Other contexts
      indicate the type of editor.

On top of first, second and third column there are text fields which let 
you quickly search for an entry in respective columns. In the text 
fields above the first and second column simply type the key sequence 
(e.g. Alt+U) to initiate the search.

You can also save the current view as Html/Xml by clicking on the Output 
to Html/Xml actions.


    How to install?

Simply download the attached nbm file and install using Update Center in 
NetBeans </wiki/view/Main/NetBeans>.

Enjoy,
Sandip

PS: I would like to see an explorer similar to this integrated into 
NetBeans. It could also be the mechanism to configure the key bindings 
in one place.
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