Starting with version 5.0.0, the JMWE add-on is provided with a Groovy script editor and tester in the post-function configuration screens. This document explains about the Groovy editor in JMWE, its features and keyboard shorcuts.
The Groovy editor is displayed in the:
- Post-function configuration screen,
- When you select the
Value typeasGroovy expressionin the post-functions that set a field value - When you select the
Comment typeasGroovy expressionin the post-functions that comment an issue - When you select the Conditional execution option in any post-function
- When you select the
- Configuration screens of the Scripted (Groovy) condition and the Scripted (Groovy) validator
Groovy editor in JMWE is where you should be writing your Groovy scripts. This editor has the ability to:
Indent the code
Check for syntactical errors in the code
- Format text for keywords, comments, variables and so on.
Keyboard shortcuts in the Groovy editor: You can use the following shortcut keys as an alternative to the mouse when working in this editor.
| Command | Description | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|
selectAll | Select the whole content of the editor | Ctrl-A | Cmd-A |
singleSelection | When multiple selections are present, this deselects all but the primary selection | Esc | Esc |
killLine | Deletes the part of the line after the cursor. If that consists only of whitespace, the newline at the end of the line is also deleted. | Shift - Down arrow | Ctrl-K (Mac) |
deleteLine | Deletes the whole line under the cursor, including newline at the end. | Ctrl-D (PC) | Cmd-D (Mac) |
delWrappedLineLeft | Delete the part of the line from the left side of the visual line the cursor is on to the cursor. | Cmd-Backspace | |
delWrappedLineRight | Delete the part of the line from the cursor to the right side of the visual line the cursor is on. | Cmd-Delete | |
undo | Undo the last change | Ctrl-Z (PC) | Cmd-Z (Mac) |
redo | Redo the last undone change | Ctrl-Y | Shift-Cmd-Z or Cmd-Y |
undoSelection | Undo the last change to the selection, or if there are no selection-only changes at the top of the history, undo the last change. | Ctrl-U | Cmd-U |
redoSelection | Redo the last change to the selection, or the last text change if no selection changes remain. | Alt-U | Shift-Cmd-U |
goDocStart | Move the cursor to the start of the document. | Ctrl-Home | Cmd-Up or Cmd-Home |
goDocEnd | Move the cursor to the end of the document. | Ctrl-End | Cmd-End or Cmd-Down |
| goLineStart | Move the cursor to the start of the line. | Alt-Left | Ctrl-A |
| goLineStartSmart | Move to the start of the text on the line, or if we are already there, to the actual start of the line (including whitespace). | Home | Home |
| goLineEnd | Move the cursor to the end of the line. | Alt-Right | Ctrl-E |
| goLineRight | Move the cursor to the right side of the visual line it is on. | Cmd-Right | |
| goLineLeft | Move the cursor to the left side of the visual line it is on. If this line is wrapped, that may not be the start of the line. | Cmd-Left | |
| goLineUp | Move the cursor up one line. | Up | Ctrl-P |
| goLineDown | Move down one line. | Down | Ctrl-N |
| goPageUp | Move the cursor up one screen, and scroll up by the same distance. | PageUp | Shift-Ctrl-V |
| goPageDown | Move the cursor down one screen, and scroll down by the same distance. | PageDown | Ctrl-V |
| goCharLeft | Move the cursor one character left, going to the previous line when hitting the start of line. | Left | Ctrl-B |
| goCharRight | Move the cursor one character right, going to the next line when hitting the end of line. | Right | Ctrl-F |
| goWordLeft | Move the cursor to the start of the previous word. | Alt-B | |
| goWordRight | Move the cursor to the end of the next word. | Alt-F | |
| goGroupLeft | Move to the left of the group before the cursor. A group is a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation characters, a newline, or a stretch of more than one whitespace character. | Ctrl-Left | Alt-Left |
| goGroupRight | Move to the right of the group after the cursor (see above). | Ctrl-Right | Alt-Right |
| delCharBefore | Delete the character before the cursor. | Shift-Backspace | Ctrl-H |
| delCharAfter | Delete the character after the cursor. | Delete | Ctrl-D |
| delWordBefore | Delete up to the start of the word before the cursor. | Alt-Backspace | |
| delWordAfter | Delete up to the end of the word after the cursor. | Alt-D | |
| delGroupBefore | Delete to the left of the group before the cursor. | Ctrl-Backspace | Alt-Backspace |
| delGroupAfter | Delete to the start of the group after the cursor. | Ctrl-Delete | Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or Alt-Delete |
| indentAuto | Auto-indent the current line or selection. | Shift-Tab | Shift-Tab |
| indentMore | Indent the current line or selection by one indent unit. | Ctrl-] | Cmd-] |
| indentLess | Dedent the current line or selection by one indent unit. | Ctrl-[ | Cmd-[ |
| defaultTab | If something is selected, indent it by one indent unit. If nothing is selected, insert a tab character. | Tab | Tab |
| transposeChars | Swap the characters before and after the cursor. | Ctrl-T | |
| newlineAndIndent | Insert a newline and auto-indent the new line. | Enter | Enter |
| toggleOverwrite | Flip the overwrite flag. | Insert | Insert |
| find | Find a word. Use /re/ syntax for regexp search | Ctrl-F | Cmd-F |
| findNext | After a search is done, find next | Ctrl-G | Cmd-G |
| findPrev | After a search is done, find previous | Shift-Ctrl-G | Shift-Cmd-G |
| replace | Shift-Ctrl-F | Cmd-Alt-F | |
| replaceAll | Shift-Ctrl-R | Shift-Cmd-Alt-F |