SlickEdit 2022 (v27.0)

Outlining

• The following outline styles are available (Pro supports most languages):
  • Indent.
  • Braces.
  • Braces or brackets.
  • Symbols and Statements.
  • Statements.
• The Indent style is typically a great alternative to the Statements outline style.
• When using an outline style, selective-display is updated continuously.
• Selective-display lines for each indentation level are now aligned vertically with the code block.
• When mouse hovers over the start or end of a code-block, a popup will show the beginning and ending line, and a link to get there.

Outlining Preview and Expansion

• Outlined symbols can be shown on the Document Overview Bar.
• Double clicking the - collapses the code block.
• Double clicking the + expands code block.
• Floating over a + shows the hidden code block.

Live Diff
Live Diff shows a comparison of the file you're editing with the version in source control while you keep editing.

• Currently available for Git.
• You can configure which items to see:
  • Show colors in the margin of inserted or different lines.
  • Show icons in the margin of inserted or different lines in margin.
  • Color sections different lines.
  • Show deleted lines as lines that cannot be saved.

Git Enhancements
Features added to Git support:

• Clone a repository.
• Add a worktree.
• Notifications when clone or worktrees are done.
• Merge branches.
• Add a tag.
• Add a tag or worktree from the Repository Browser, History Diff, or History Dialog.
• Improvements and fixes to the Compare Directory/Project/Workspace with source control.

Scala Debugger

• Updated Scala debugger backend to improve performance and breakpoint handling.

FixUps
Fix-ups catch errors from your compiler and offer to fix them. Fix-ups support includes:

• Misspelled identifier.
• Identifier not fold.
• Undeclared identifier.
• Missing semicolon.
• Missing comma.
• Correcting . to ->.

Find Matching Braces Enhanced
SlickEdit's Find Matching Braces feature has been enhanced:

• Ctrl+] command now supports tracing through compound if ... else if ... else ... and try ... catch ... finally ... statement sequences in brace-oriented languages like C and Java.
• Ctrl+] command now supports tracing through switch ... { case ... default ... } statement sequences in brace-oriented languages like C and Java.

Horizontal Dynamic Surround
The dynamic surround you've learned to know and love now goes sideways.

• Type an open paren, or start of an HTML/XML tag, and use the cursor keys to surround text on that line.

Enhanced Configuration Searching
Enhanced Configuration researching includes:

• Searching for a config item now only shows it for the current language (by default).

Rust beautifier

• Specify indent amounts.
• Specify brace styles.
• Optional beautify while typing.
• Optional beautify while pasting.

Code Annotation Enhancements
Enhancements to SlickEdit's Code Annotations feature includes:

• Multi-line annotations are colored in the margin and Document Overview bar as multiple lines.
• Added new "Repeat Annotation" feature to create a new annotation of the same type as the previous annotation created.
• Added new "Annotation Only" built-in annotation type with no fields, and thus no dialog to fill in when creating it.
• Using these two new features together makes it possible to create a new annotation with a single click.
• Added capability to create multi-line annotations if there is an active selection.
• Added capability to specify a prefix color like sticky notes for code annotations.

More new features in SlickEdit 2022

• Code Editing
  • Added new "ifelse" syntax expansion trigger to expand an if ... else statement for most languages.
  • Added new syntax expansion option to prioritize common statements to avoid prompting for which keyword to expand when there are multiple matches.
  • Added options to control what cursor movement keys are taken over by Dynamic Surround.
  • Added code to trigger Horizontal Dynamic Surround when inline HTML or XML tags are auto-closed.
  • Added Auto-Close option to disable Horizontal Dynamic Surround.
  • Enhanced Auto-Close option for HTML and XML tags.
• File Support
  • Added File>Set File Attributes... menu item which allows you to set file attributes/permissions for the current file. For command line lovers, the chmod command has been enhanced to automatically assume the current buffer if no files are specified. For example, chmod u+x sets user execute permissions for the current file.
  • Added color coding for File Manager mode.
  • Added separate colors settings for File Manager mode.
• Emulations
  • The select-whole-word command is now bound to C-W in CUA, ISPF, and BBEdit emulations.
• Tagging
  • Drag and drop Symbols from Tool Windows:
    • Supported in Defs, Symbols, Class, and Find Symbol tool window.
    • Allows dragging and dropping a symbol name from the list into an editor window.
    • You can also drag the second column to pull out the class name.
    • Also, you can drag from the left margin to copy the entire tree node caption.
  • When SlickEdit displays documentation comments (JavaDoc or XMLDoc), there are now additional links so that you can jump to the definition of the symbol's return type and cross-reference tags (like @see).
  • Added new option for function parameter help (when invoked manually using Alt+Comma) to attempt to find the best-matching function prototype for overloaded functions.
  • Added new command (function-argument-help-filter-overloads) which attempts to finds the best-matching function prototype for overloaded functions.
  • Added new key binding (Shift+Alt+Comma or Shift+Command+Comma) to invoke function-argument-help-filter-overloads in all emulations.
  • Added new key binding (Shift+Alt+Dot or Shift+Command+Dot) to invoke push-tag-filter-overloads in all emulations.
  • Added new command (push-tag-return_type) to jump to the definition of the return type of the symbol under the cursor.
  • Added new key binding (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Dot) to invoke push-tag-return_type in all emulations.
  • In C++ code, if there cursor is on "auto", make Ctrl+Dot jump to the return type of the variable being declared.
  • Added XML outline scheme for XHTML.
  • Automatically detect Windows 10 Dark app mode and use our Dark theme.
  • Improved Dark application color theme scroll bar colors to make it more visible.