Problem: sqldeveloper 1.5 key bindings in mac os x

Question

Hi -
I just installed the new sqldeveloper (1.5.0.53.38) on Mac OS X Leopard, and when I try to edit sql queries in the worksheet, I'm finding that many keys don't work. For example, the spacebar and delete keys do nothing.
I tried loading various different accelerator presets:
- after loading "Default MacOS X" set, neither space nor delete keys do anything
- after loading "Default", "Classic" or "Brief" sets, the spacebar works, but not delete
I tried to fix this by changing the accelerators through the Preferences UI, but I couldn't figure out how to assign the 'backspace' key to the 'delete-previous' accelerator (since it doesn't seem possible to type the actual backspace character in the keystroke box...). I was able to fix the delete key by editing settings.xml by hand, changing this:
<Item class="oracle.javatools.util.Pair">
<first class="java.lang.String">delete-previous</first>
<second class="oracle.ide.keyboard.KeyStrokes">
<data>
<Item class="javax.swing.KeyStroke">[0]</Item>
</data>
</second>
</Item>
to this:
<Item class="oracle.javatools.util.Pair">
<first class="java.lang.String">delete-previous</first>
<second class="oracle.ide.keyboard.KeyStrokes">
<data>
<Item class="javax.swing.KeyStroke">[8]</Item>
</data>
</second>
</Item>
I was able to get the spacebar to work again by removing the association between the spacebar key and the completion-insight accelerator, using the Preferences UI.
So, my questions are:
- Do I have some weird setup where my delete key is [8] instead of [0]? I'm trying to tell if this is a problem with my environment or with the settings that are shipped with the product.
- If it's the latter, could the default MacOS X accelerator settings be updated? I seem to remember this same problem happening the last couple of times I installed a new version of SQL Developer.
Let me know if there's any other information I could provide that would be useful.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Another problem I found with the MacOS X key bindings: the 6 key doesn't work!
In the config that ships with SQL Developer, I found this:
<Item class="oracle.javatools.util.Pair">
<first class="java.lang.String">DOCUMENT_6_CMD_ID</first>
<second class="oracle.ide.keyboard.KeyStrokes">
<data>
<Item class="javax.swing.KeyStroke">6</Item>
</data>
</second>
</Item>
which should be:
<Item class="oracle.javatools.util.Pair">
<first class="java.lang.String">DOCUMENT_6_CMD_ID</first>
<second class="oracle.ide.keyboard.KeyStrokes">
<data>
<Item class="javax.swing.KeyStroke">meta 6</Item>
</data>
</second>
</Item>