I was referring to the mac keyboard shortcuts. The ones you pointed out are correct, but the behavior still isn't what I want- the cursor moves further than it should when doing ctr-left/right / alt-left/right. It should stop at periods, not just at spaces, parentheses, and quotes.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, primo411 <primo...@...> wrote: > > I don't think this is a bug, I will explain you why: ALT+LEFT/RIGHT is the > shortcut for history navigation, ALT+LEFT brings you back to were you were. > If you want to move word by word, try: CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT > If you want to go to the beginning or the end of the line, just use the > "begin" and "end" keys of your keyboard ! > > Cheers > > 2009/10/15 dfalling <dfall...@...> > > > > > > > I'm trying to think of the name of this feature so I can log a Jira for > > it... > > > > When using Eclipse with Java, you can use alt/option to move intelligently > > through code. > > > > For example: assuming ^ is your insertion point in Java: > > Math.floor(^ > > <alt-left> > > Math.^floor( > > > > In Flex though, the behavior is different: > > Math.floor(^ > > <alt-left> > > ^Math.floor( > > > > I greatly prefer the Java way- I frequently will copy my selected line with > > command-option-up/down, then try to alt-arrow over to swap out the function. > > FB leaves me further away from where I want to be than vanilla Eclipse. > > > > Does anyone know how to describe this so I can log another Jira to be > > ignored? :P > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > >