IvyScript Editor

Modes

There are two kind of IvyScript editors which are used in different places.

IvyScript Editor

The normal editors expect you to enter either a script with multiple statements (e.g., a script, that contains semicolons) which performs a certain task, or just an expression that evaluates to a certain value.

Macro Editor

The macro editor allows you to mix IvyScript with normal text. For example you could name a task dynamically by including the case number in the taskname. To use IvyScript in this Editor you must use these tags <%=%>.

Features

Content Assist

Content Assist is invoked by pressing CTRL + SPACE at any point of editing a script. Content assist will open a popup, displaying proposals that are available in the current context, from which you may then select a suitable option. The selected proposal is inserted into the editor. You can get proposals for functions, types, packages, variables and methods and after the keyword new you also get a list of constructor proposals.

Parameter Hopping

Another special feature is parameter hopping. When you insert a constructor or a method that has parameters, the first parameter is selected. When you now press the Tab key, then the next parameter gets selected. This way you may edit one parameter after another and simply jump to the next one when you’re finished. After the last parameter was selected, the first is selected again. When you have finished, you can press Enter and the cursor jumps to the end of the inserted method or constructor.

Parameter hopping: After insertion of proposal first parameter is selected

Shortcuts

Available Shortcuts inside the IvyScript (and Macro) Editor

Shortcut	Action
CTRL+SPACE	Opens content assistant
F2	When pressing F2 in an editor, a bigger editor is opened in an own Dialog.
ESC	Inside an editor that was opened with F2, this closes the dialog and stores the entered text in the editor from where the F2 editor was opened.
CTRL+Z	Undo
CTRL+Y	Redo