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Pydev: jump past closing parenthesis with <Tab>

Eclipse's Java editor has this wonderful feature: if you press Tab before a closing parenthesis, it will jump past the parenthesis instead of inserting an actual tab. For example:

type in 'myfunc'

myfunc<cursor>

type '(' ... eclipse puts the ')' for you.

myfunc(<cursor>)

type in the args

myfunc(arg1, arg2<cursor>)

then hit Tab

myfunc(arg1, arg2)<cursor>

I have become very fond of this behavior, and prefer it to typing in the ')' which most editors do absorb. Is there a way to configure PyDev to do the same?

Solution

  • Go to Preferences > PyDev > Editor > Typing and check "Enable link on automatic parenthesis or literals closing".