assigning shortcuts to Ant targets

Kendall Collett wrote:

Is anybody else seeing a issue where you cannot assign shortcuts to Ant targets? If I right-click on an Ant target and select Assign Shortcut..., I see the Keymap dialog but there is nothing pre-selected. In addition, in the Keymap dialog, there isn't anything under Ant Targets (or External Tools, which makes assigning shortcuts to external tool problematic as well).

Yes, same here.

Hello Kendall,

KC> Is anybody else seeing a issue where you cannot assign shortcuts to
KC> Ant targets? If I right-click on an Ant target and select Assign
KC> Shortcut..., I see the Keymap dialog but there is nothing
KC> pre-selected. In addition, in the Keymap dialog, there isn't
KC> anything under Ant Targets (or External Tools, which makes assigning
KC> shortcuts to external tool problematic as well).

This is caused by the ongoing Ant support rewrite: this UI has not yet been
connected to the new code. This will work again a few builds later.

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There was some exiting problems with how Shortcuts to Ant Targets worked. Hopefully they will be addressed also.

Currently, in order to assign a shortcut to an Ant Target in the Keymap control panel, you hvae to do the following:
1. Edit Ant build.xml properties. On Filters Tab, you have to check off the targets that you want to assign shortcuts to. (It doesn't matter if you have the filter toggle on or off on the ant control panel.)

2. Then in IDE Settings->Keymap, the ant targets will show up under Other folder, and you can assign a shortcut.

Related Jira Request:

Should be allowed to add keyboard shortcuts to any Ant target (Rob Harwood)
http://www.jetbrains.net/jira/browse/IDEABKL-1144

This item was listed in the earllier post I made:
Ant Bugs & Enhancements (As of 5201)
http://www.intellij.net/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=210841

-Alex

Not working on 5557

Hello Oliver,

OH> Not working on 5557

Fixed in next EAP, thanks.

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Not working in 5561

Hello Kendall,

KC> Not working in 5561

The build containing the fix has not yet been released.

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Sorry for the confusion. It looks good in the 6.0 Beta. Thanks much.