Block Indent in Text Wrangler

[MacNewbie]

I'm new to the Mac and TextWrangler. I'm writing code and would like
to
be able to do block indent feature like in other editors I've used
before. I've
tried using the key combo for Shift Left and Shift Right, but
unfortunately
for me, nothing happens. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

I found a similar question from back in 2009, where the questioner was
asking a very similar thing. The responder was a bit of a jerk when
replying,
and the funny thing was that when I tried using Shift Right & Left,
the default
for TW, as the responder suggested, as I stated above, I had the same
problem.

You don't need to respond in a condescending manner to get me to
listen. I
just have not used this piece of software much, and the help is a bit
sparse.

Thanks ahead of time.

Rich

[MacNewbie]

[Thomas Fischer]

Hi Rich,

Am 16.03.2011 um 23:31 schrieb MacNewbie:

> I'm new to the Mac and TextWrangler. I'm writing code and would like
> to
> be able to do block indent feature like in other editors I've used
> before. I've
> tried using the key combo for Shift Left and Shift Right, but
> unfortunately
> for me, nothing happens. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
>
> I found a similar question from back in 2009, where the questioner was
> asking a very similar thing. The responder was a bit of a jerk when
> replying,
> and the funny thing was that when I tried using Shift Right & Left,
> the default
> for TW, as the responder suggested, as I stated above, I had the same
> problem.

I'm not quite sure which feature you're looking for.
I use the "shift left" and "shift right" commands in the text menu and have attached the keyboard shortcuts ctrl-arrowLeft and ctrl-arrowRight to them. An alternative might be (p. 177 in the manual):

Allow Tab Key to Indent Text Blocks
When this option is on, you can press the Tab key to invoke the Shift Right command, or Shift-Tab to invoke the Shift Left command; this may be useful for those accustomed to Windows editing key behavior. When this option is off, pressing Tab will insert a tab character in the normal manner. This option is off by default.

This can be activated in the "Editing: Keyboard" pane in the preferences.

Hope this helps!
Thomas

[Eric A. Booth]

Command+] to indent a highlighted block of text (or conversely Command+[ to unindent)

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[Rodrigo Hernández]

Hi,
in Preferences, click on "Keyboard" menu,  check "Allow Tab key to indent text blocks"

... when you have a selected text block,
press: Tab   to indent right,
press: Shift + Tab   to indent left.

Regards,
Rodrigo

[Clint Mallon]

Hello All,

I've attached a few screenshots to illustrate better but I think I've found the solution:

Image 1: This makes the second line of any indented text, indented. This is similar to the way indenting bullet points works within emails and Word. I personally feel that selecting this option is a necessity within TextWrangler.

Image 2: Just as previously stated by other contributors, this allows you to highlight text and hit Tab to indent right and Shift + Tab to indent left. This is redundant though being that command + ] indents highlighted text right and command + [ indents highlighted text left by default.

*If you place the cursor in front of any character without highlighting, hitting Tab indents right and Delete indents left.

Image 3: Selecting "Window width" is another feature I wanted to add being that I feel it's a necessity within TextWrangler as well.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

[Thomas Fischer]

Hello,

just for the record:

Image 2: Just as previously stated by other contributors, this allows you to highlight text and hit Tab to indent right and Shift + Tab to indent left. This is redundant though being that command + ] indents highlighted text right and command + [ indents highlighted text left by default.

This is not quite redundant if you're using a German keyboard since here "command + ] " translates into "command + option + shift + 6". You wouldn't want to do that every time you want to indent something (I set the keyboard shortcut to "ctrl + arrow right").

Best

Thomas

[Roberto Matthews]

Clint!!!

Thanks so very much, with these pics you've helped me make TextWrangler useable!  It might seem like the tab situation (RE: Image #1) is a small problem, but it makes navigating my code so much better.  Thanks again!!!