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Can I configure netbans or is there a keyboard shortcut for adding a semicolumn automatically?

Currently, with the of the box behaviour, when I type-in the following;

die("x

Netbans automatically turns that into the following;

die("x|")

Please note that in the above demonstration, the | denotes the blinking cursor location)

Now...

At this time, wouldn't it be nice to go to the next line by hitting the [enter] key with some key combination and you end up with this?

die("x");
|
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  • In Java, at least, not every line will end with a semicolon ... so ... why would you want to do this?
    – scottb
    Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 15:19
  • shoot! I forgot to contextualize it under PHP. I program in PHP only. sorry abut that. I will add the PHP tag into the question.
    – Average Joe
    Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 20:35
  • Is pressing <End> ; <Enter> too hard?
    – Cole Tobin
    Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 20:36
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    sometimes it becomes hard. when you switch keyboards and the laptop manuafacturer puts the end key to all kind of far away & unfamiliar places, sure it gets a little annoying. If you had a choice to set that up, would not CTRL ENTER be easier? Or would you still prefer hunting down that end key?
    – Average Joe
    Commented Oct 13, 2013 at 17:29

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For NetBeans (Java EE bundle at least) is Ctrl-Shift-;. (Ctrl-; for adding ; without new line). I've tested in NB 7.4 with a PHP file and it worked.

Ctrl-Shift-; press simultaneously Control Shift and the semicolon key (not Control and dash)

https://i.sstatic.net/atu6Q.png

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  • ctrl - does not do anything for me. pressing just the dash obviously inserts the dash where the cursor is. However, pressing ctrl & dash at the same time prints inserts nothing. Cursor continues to blink where it is. ctrol shift also does not do anything.
    – Average Joe
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 17:08
  • Ctrl and shift and semicolon, not control and dash.
    – Andrei Damian-Fekete
    Commented Oct 23, 2013 at 12:31
  • thank you for the ultimate nailer. would you recommend me a site you like that gives you great netbeans tips? For example, so far, I'm unable to figure out how to display the open files list in a vertical format instead of the current look of the horizontal. When there are say, 9 files, some are unfortunately out of view. I've been doing ctrl-tab to get the open files list in a vertical format... but direct access ( one link approach P) would be superior... looking for solutions for things like that... how do we find solutions to these... netbeans forum does not seem to be that responsive...
    – Average Joe
    Commented Oct 24, 2013 at 17:34
  • Get a bigger screen :) . Try Shift-F4 and Alt-Shift-O. (Personally I don't like to customize programs - and programs that need to be customized)
    – Andrei Damian-Fekete
    Commented Nov 4, 2013 at 21:06

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