Macro recording functionality has been a highly requested feature in Eclipse. Now there is a plugin which adds this function to Eclipse. Check out the Macro Recorder.
I tried it out. I think it needs a bit more work. When recording macros it captures mouse movements and keyboard actions but it seems to miss the click events and Alt keys. Plus there is no pause/stop feature when running a macro.
Anyway it is a good start and I hope the plugin is actively developed.
What about TPTP’s GUI recorder which pretty much does the same thing?
Thanks for the tip I will take a look at it.
Man it’s about time. Text macros are an indispensible programming tool. It’s the one thing that keeps me having to use both Eclipse and UltraEdit. Macros allow you to do some really creative things like custom refactorings and indentation. I can only imagine what’s possible in Eclipse. It’s unfortunate that it isn’t 100% complete though. Thanks for the tip. I’ll definitely be watching this.
Yes, macros is one feature badly missing from Eclipse. Hope the development of this plugin continues.
Where’s the plugin? I didn’t find at http://www.bdaum.de/eclipse/
Did you remove? I would like get it!
Thanks!
Renê Melo,
Looks like the plugin has been removed from the site. Sorry. By the way I am not the developer of the plugin.