[NETBEANS-176] Add support for select next element for unknown editors/file types

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Next
• Component/s: editor - Other
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christian Lenz
• Created: 27/Nov/17 15:39
• Updated: 27/Nov/17 15:39

Description

Each editor has characters/words or whatever, but there is smth inside, so it should be possible to have the select next element for each editors. So if I open a md file, which is not supported in general, in NetBeans it should work from: set cursor into the word (doesn't matter what word it is) -> to select the whole word -> select the whole line -> select block if possible -> select the next block if possible -> select the whole file and vice versa.

So it should be a similar feature, which is common for each editor like the multi cursor. The multi cursor is not limited to any languages.

If the MD plugin is installed, NetBeans knows more information like what a block exactly is (open/closed parenties) and many more, then it should have a better selection which should be similar or consistent to other editors like Java, JS, HTML, etc. See the parent ticket for more information.

In general, WebStorm or IntelliJ don't care about they know the file type or not. They treat every file type as a file with words/characters inside of it. If you add a plugin afterwards, it would work better.