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IDE Window: Sort selection

Direction

Ascending - from low to high: for example a,b, ... z
Descending - from high to low: for example z, y, ..., a

Domain

Lines

Sort lines.

Words

Sort words. The selection is splitted on every word start and sorted. For example:

enum3, enum1, enum2,

becomes

enum1, enum2,enum3,

Paragraphs

Sort paragraphs. The selection is splitted on every start of a paragraph. A paragraph starts with a line less indented. For example:

   procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormMouseMove(Sender: TObject; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormPaint(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormMouseUp(Sender: TOBject; Button: TMouseButton;
     Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormMouseDown(Sender: TOBject; Button: TMouseButton;
     Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);

becomes

   procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
   procedure FormMouseDown(Sender: TOBject; Button: TMouseButton;
     Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormMouseMove(Sender: TObject; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormMouseUp(Sender: TOBject; Button: TMouseButton;
     Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
   procedure FormPaint(Sender: TObject);

Options

Case sensitive - distinguish lower and upper case
Ignore space - multiple spaces are treated as one, when comparing lines

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