When I try to comment out multiple lines by CTRL+ Shift + /, it started working as Collapse All feature in Eclipse. I restored the defaults setting as recommended in other websites but did not help.
For instance, when I do CTRL+ Shift + L, I can see the Add Block Comment option and when I click it, it works. However, the shortcut shown as CTRL+ Shift + / is not working.
Here is my list of available key bindings using CTRL+ Shift + L:
How can I fix this problem?
Edit: Here is the screenshot of the list of the key bindings in Window > Preferences > Keys:
Second Edit: I use Windows 10 and I downloaded the last version of Eclipse which is 2019-09. I created a new project and a new Java class. The shortcut still works as collapse all.
I realized that CTRL+ Shift + Numpad_Divide is defined as collapse all. For some reason, my computer consider / as Numpad_Divide and does not function as comment out.
Just throwing this for future users:
I had the same issue on my eclipse. I am using windows 10 as well.
Anyway before the commands CTRL+SHIFT+numpad... will work first you need to "enable" this mode by pressing CTRL+numpad_divide. You will notice that next to all functions little minus signs will apear. Once you do that you will be able to use colapse, colapse all, expand, expand all.
Pressing CTRL+numpad_divide again will disable this mode and you won't be able to use those shortcuts.
Most keyboards have two "/" keys, and the problem you experienced will arise if the incorrect "/" key is used when trying to Add Block Comment for selected code:
The "/" key on the number pad is the divide key, and this is the key that must be used with CTRL + Shift + / to Collapse All.
The "/" key to the immediate left of the Shift key is the forward slash key, and this is the key that must be used with CTRL + Shift + / to Add Block Comment for selected code.
You can see the distinction when viewing the Tools > Preferences > General > Keys screen, though it is not obvious at all:
For Collapse All, Eclipse helpfully describes the divide key as "Numpad_Divide" for the binding:
However, for Add Block Comment Eclipse only describes the forward slash key as "/" for the binding:
Eclipse could remove the ambiguity if it described the forward slash key as "Forward_Slash" instead of "/".
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What I am looking for is a way to do the following in Visual Studio Code:
Go to Definition on a symbol (which often opens a new file in the same editor group)
Open this newly opened file in a editor group next to current
... and switch back to the original file
Is there a command / key binding that would let me do 2nd bullet item?
Short Answer
Ctrl + Alt + → does that on Windows.
Details
This is my normal flow:
F12 to go to a symbol definition.
Ctrl + Alt + → to open the file on the right.
On Linux or iOS
Find the equivalent shortcut by opening File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (or running Open Keyboard Shortcuts in the command palette), and searching for these two commands:
workbench.action.moveEditorToNextGroup
workbench.action.moveEditorToPreviousGroup
If you are here, like me, looking for a way to open files in the next group, by Ctrl + Click.
Then adding Alt to the combination may do the trick. My VSCode version is 1.60.
!IMPORTANT: The new tab opened via Ctrl + Alt + Click, will always be to the right of the current. So, if you have already opened two groups, then move the tab to the left to have new tabs at the right, otherwise it will create third group.
in mac os you can use this key binding cmd + \
in windows you can use this key binding CTRL + \
I'm pretty sure what you're looking for is a combination of the answers above. I find this works:
Ctrl + \ View: Split Editor
Ctrl + Alt + → View: Move Editor into Next Group
Equivalently
(no default keybinding) View: Split Editor into Right Group
Caveat: if the file is already open in the other editor group, then it will be opened (not "cloned"). There may be a configuration setting to alter this behavior, but I couldn't find one quickly.
The result looks as follows. Suppose you are in some file on the left, and there is another editor group on the right (e.g. after executing Ctrl + \). After running the two commands above, then the currently open file will still be open on the left, but will also be open in the editor group on the right.
Tip: if you don't feel like assigning a keybinding, but would like to access the command (relatively) quickly, just type
Ctrl + Shift + P srg
Anyone know of a set of hotkeys that can perform a find/replace in eclipse?
Currently the flow looks like:
Select line or lines
Ctrl+F
Type phrase
TAB
Type replacement
And then I have to do the unthinkable and grab my mouse, choose selected lines and then click on replace. It doesn't sound like much, but it seriously disrupts my flow when i'm doing a bunch of word replacement. I wish their was a way to choose "selected lines only" and "replace all" using keystrokes only besides having to hit TAB 12 times. Or maybe i'm using the wrong tool within eclipse for this sort of thing...
Using Ubuntu and Eclipse Luna 4.4.2
Using Find/Replace for refactoring seems like a smell. You should instead use the refactoring operations
Rename : Alt + Shift + R
Extract constant : Alt + Shift + K
Extract method : Alt + Shift + M
Extract variable: Alt + Shift + L
Inline : Alt + Shift + I
Change method signature : Alt + Shift +C
Introduce indirection
Introduce parameter object
and so on, which all do a kind of replacement by themself, but always work on the syntax tree and not on the text. However, the refactoring support depends much on the language used in the project, and while Java has really good support in Eclipse, this might not be the case for other languages.
I had been trying for this for a long time and ended up in multiple pages without help. I figured it out myself after playing around
For the first time, you need to do the below
Ctrl + F - to open the search box on the top right corner of the IDE (as in image)
You might have to drill down (using the small icon on the left of the search box) to see the replace text
This setup stays from now onwards.
Now you can simply use
Ctrl + F, Tab, Alt+Shift+Enter combinations to do the search and replace
I use eclipse 2020-03 on windows. I am pretty sure many of the previous releases had the same functionality on linux as well.
Screenshot of the feature:
I found thath ctrl+K works in my ide (Neon.3 Release (4.6.3) on windows)
First use Ctrl+f to set a term for search, then use ctrl+K to move to next.
If you need to replace something, keep in the clipboard the text and use ctrl+K, ctrl+v.
Is there an equivalent of Ctrl + Shift + L (show shortcut references) from Eclipse in IntelliJ IDEA?
I am switching to it from Eclipse but I have to check the keymaps frequently and I would like to have access to the quick reference of shortcuts instead of opening the settings to do it.
Learning shortcuts: I switched from Eclipse, too. Initially I started with the Eclipse key bindings, but then decided to switch completely. I used KeyPromoter for about 2 days, it is annoying but increases the learning curve heavily. Help->Find Action... (Ctrl+Shift+A) helps, too.
Reference card: After that I printed my own shortcut reference. Took one hour, but it was worth the time, because I have adapted some shortcuts and some shortcuts are displayed incorrectly in IntelliJ Idea. Here's a Word template.
Command + Shift + A displays a field that performs a search on an action or option name. Shortcuts along with their corresponding keymap are displayed during the search.
I think Ctrl + Shift + L (show shortcut references) from Eclipse must do "Introduce variable..." In Idea it is Alt + Shift + V or with menu Refactor/Introduce variable...
May be useful to somebody(begginers like me :) ).
The correct answer is Ctrl+Shift+F to search text everywhere in the project.
I usually use "Shift Shift" that it searc everywhere shorcuts included.
So for example if I need to search "Optimize import" I do
Shift Shift and write "import" or "optimize" and it appear.
As was asked previously, Eclipse has the nice "mark occurences" feature, which shows all occurences of the selected variable or method.
But I don't know any shortcut for jumping to the next/previous occurence in the editor.
The shortcut ctrl+k is not working, it solely works in conjunction with "incremental find" (ctrl+j).
I'm using Eclipse Indigo. Is there any shortcut or other solution?
Edit:
The answers and comments in the question linked above are now pretty exhaustive, I think.
It seems there is no all-in-one solution (at least for Java code editing):
I cant get Ctrl + (period) to work, at least in Java code where it finds the next problem. Even rebinding this to a different shortcut does not work.
Ctrl + K does text-based search only. If you want to find all occurrences of the variable i, it finds any letter i within any identifier and comment.
Renaming mode using Alt+Shift+R and then navigating through the occurrences using Tab and Shift+Tab comes close, but only works for identifiers you can actually rename for that source file. It does not work for library code (esp. JDK) for which no editable source is available.
Try Ctrl + , and Ctrl + .
Before that make sure you have checked Occurences in the small navigation dropdown:
You can change the key from Window -> Preferences -> keys:
It works for me.
You can find if your key bindings have changed by looking under Window -> Preferences -> General -> Keys and look for the command Find Next. You will see the binding in the column Binding and can also check if it's conflicting with something else in the list titled Conflicts: at bottom right corner of the dialog.
It's so easy to select a block of code and tab out, but how about the reverse?
Currently, I just search and replace for white space at the beginning of the line. Is there anything faster?
In Visual Studio and most other half decent IDEs you can simply do SHIFT+TAB. It does the opposite of just TAB.
I would think and hope that the IDEs you mention support this as well.
Shift-tab outdents again :)
The standard shortcut keys are covered in Standard Accelerators.
You'll find many of the more esoteric ones on FAQ What editor keyboard shortcuts are available?.
Here is a general answer for untab:
In Python IDLE: Ctrl + [
In Eclipse: Shift + Tab
In Visual Studio: Shift + Tab
In general, Shift + Tab works for any environment.
This workaround works most of the time. It uses Eclipse's 'smart insert' features instead:
Control + X to erase the selected block of text, and keep it for pasting.
Control + Shift + Enter, to open a new line for editing above the one you are at.
You might want to adjust the tabbing position at this point. This is where tabbing will start, unless you are at the beginning of the line.
Control + V to paste back the buffer.
I hope this helps until Shift + TAB is implemented in Eclipse.
Shift + Tab does that in Flex Builder (based on Eclipse), so it hopefully should work in regular Eclipse :)
In PyCharm, just use Shift + Tab to move a block of code left.
You can do this by going to the Window menu → Preferences, and then open the General list. Choose Keys.
Scroll down the list of keys until you see "Shift Left". Click that. Below that, you'll see some boxes, one of which lets you bind a key. It won't accept Shift + Tab, so I bound it to Shift + `. Apply Apply and Close, and you're all set.
Yes, in PyCharm: Shift + Tab works fine.
You can also change the shortcut. Use the Command + K, Command + S shortcuts to open the Keyboard Shortcut menu. Search for the "tab" and find the "outdent" in the list.