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Reputation: 9857

Go to nextline in Netbeans without using down arrow key or mouse

Imagine for example that you are writing a method inside a class: 

public getFoo() {
    return $this->foo;
}

So after you end typing the return value, you have the cursor after the semicolon, and in order to continue writing after the end curly brace, you have to either move the hand away to use the down arrow key, or worse, to use the mouse.

Is there a more efficient way of doing this without having to move the right hand from its natural position?

It may seem a silly question, but I have to do this all the time so I was wondering if there is a better way to do it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2190

Answers (1)

Anthony Accioly
Anthony Accioly

Reputation: 22481

you can find the list of every available shortcut and also customize them for your needs at the top menu > Tools > Options > KeyMap. Look for "Insertion Point Down". Erm... Actually I would keep the defaults and use the down arrow after the semicolon just to move after the curly braces (semicolon is near arrows at my keyboard).

But I can suggest the following shortcuts for other situations: Ctrl + G (Go to line...), Ctrl + 7 (Navigator + Select Method if you want to go to some other method) and Ctrl + I if you want to search for something.

Just to be sure, do you know that Netbeans can generate your getter and setter methods for you? Alt+Insert, select from pop-up menu: http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/generate-constructor-getters-a.

Upvotes: 1

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