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 details the Groovy editor in JMWE, its features, its availability and keyboard shortcuts.
The Groovy editor features:
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.
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
- Post-function configuration screen,
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 the line. | Left | Ctrl-B |
| goCharRight | Move the cursor one character right, going to the next line when hitting the end of the 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. | 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 | Opens the search box. Use /re/ syntax for regexp search | Ctrl-F | Cmd-F |
| findNext | After a search is done, finds the next occurrence of the search | Ctrl-G | Cmd-G |
| findPrev | After a search is done, find the previous occurrence of the search | Shift-Ctrl-G | Shift-Cmd-G |
| replace | Opens the Replace window. | Shift-Ctrl-F | Cmd-Alt-F |
| replaceAll | Opens the Replace all window | Shift-Ctrl-R | Shift-Cmd-Alt-F |
Group
A group is a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation characters, a newline, or a stretch of more than one whitespace character.