This is how it seems to work.
if you don't have any file open, it assumes you're working in the "java mode" and shows the window.
if there's one or more file open, if the focus is on a non-java file (for example, a TCL file) it ignores the key binding if, but if the focus is on a java file, then it works
Since this key binding is used to open a new file, and not to change the current one that has focus, why it considers the current one's type to work or not?
Key bindings have scopes. This helps to use the same keys bindings for multiple commands based on the scopes.
Why it considers the current one's type to work or not?
Because this command is meaningful in this context/scope(i.e If active editor file is of java type).
Click here `Windows > Preferences. Go to General > Keys.
For Ctrl + Shift + T,
Here Ctrl + Shift + T short cut is binded to 3 commands.
If the C file is active then this short cut is consumed by the first command, if C/C++ view is active then by second command etc.
Note that you can change the scope in When selection box and choose the appropriate scope for your need.
Related
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
VSCode has excellent git integration but I can't find a way to do partial commits. Basically, I want to be able to select specific changes in my files and stage them without staging the entire file. This functionality is supported by the git CLI, Github native apps, and Atom plugins.
Mostly making sure I'm not just missing something before opening a ticket for it.
Open up the Source Control view, then click a changed file to open the comparison.
Select the lines you want to stage.
Click '...' then Stage Selected Ranges.
⚡ Summing up everything in this post with a gif.
Make sure you're in the source control view to use this feature
Select the range of code
Open ··· at the top-right corner of the editor (not the ··· at the top of the git panel on the left)
You can also press COMMAND (⌘) + K + COMMAND (⌘) + S to open keyboard shortcuts and search for range and then set a keyboard shortcut for this action.
Peace! ✌️
Update: October 2017: In the latest VSCode as of October 2017 (version 1.18) you can actually stage specific lines really easy just like you would do it with the git CLI git add -p. You just have to click on the edited line from the side like, watch the diff and apply it or not.
initially, I've made an overview of available methods, but I think this bit should be on top since it's the most useful one:
What I've came up with to make it quicker
As one can see, "Git: Stage Selected Ranges" shown by Command Palette (ctrl + shift + P) for the main editor has the same hotkey as in the "review changes" interface, but it doesn't actually work. For some time, I thought this is a bug, but it turned out to be a configurable behavior: click the settings button:
(or just go ctrl + K ctrl + S/file → preferences → keyboard shortcuts and search for #command:git.stageSelectedRanges)
...and you'll see that by default the "When" expression is isInDiffEditor, so it is not supposed to work in the normal editor. So, change When expression to empty:
And either keep the default hotkey combination and use it in the editor (that's what I did) or set it to something shorter (not a double-combination, I'll consider this too). Profit!
If something's unclear or you want to know other options, here's
The initial overview of available methods
basic method is to Stage Selected Ranges in the interface for reviewing changes:
open Source Control (ctrl + shift + G)
select file
select lines that should be staged (or put a cursor for a single line or lines before and after deleted bits)
open the "..." menu and select "Stage Selected Ranges"
on the other hand, you can use hotkeys. Default ones (in v1.56.2) are ctrl + K and then ctrl + alt + S. To set custom key combination, open Keyboard shortcuts (either from File → Preferences or via ctrl + K then ctrl + S) and find stageSelectedRanges (and may be unstageSelectedRanges, revertSelectedRanges)
unfortunately, hotkeys mentioned above work only in the "review changes" interface, and you may want to do this in the code editor directly. You can do this via another interface: click the change label:
and then the "stage change" button:
despite there's no direct hotkeys to stage selected range from code editor, you can go ctrl + shift + P (open Command Palette) and then type "stage s" and choose "Git: Stage Selected Ranges":
Also, it's handy to use Alt + F5 to jump to the next change in the file when you review what to stage.
This option has been moved to the palette:
shift+command+P and type "stage selected ranges"
Use Interactive staging.
command - git add -p <file_name>
this will show you the file, and you can choose which one you want to commit after parting the changes
I was trying to learn all the eclipse shortcuts... I couldn't find anything useful.
There are some shortcuts available for easy ones, like Find, Find in Files, Comment, Uncomment etc.
Is there any way to view all the eclipse shortcuts?
Clicking Ctrl+Shift+L from eclipse, will list all the shortcuts. This is pretty useful, as you don't need to switch to another window... You can do your work without any interruption.. :-)
Open Windows->Preferences->General->Keys. Now you can use the filter to find your shortcut and change its binding.
CTRL + SHIFT + L
Shows you a list of your currently defined shortcut keys.
However this will only show you custom short cuts that user have added therefore, Please find useful eclipse short-cuts below
CTRL + /
In line Comment
CTRL + SHIFT + /
Block Comment
CTRL + D
Delete row. Try it! You no longer need to grab the mouse and select the line, or select Home, Shift + End, Delete. Quick and clean.
ALT + Up/Down Arrow
Move the row (or the entire selection) up or down. Very useful when rearranging code. You can even select more rows and move them all at once. Notice, that it will be always correctly indented.
ALT + Left/Right Arrow
Move to the last location you edited. Imagine you just created a class "Foo", and now you are working on a class "Boo". Now, if you need to look at the "Foo" class, just press Alt+Left Arrow. Alt+Right Arrow brings you back to "Boo".
CTRL+SHIFT+O
Organize imports. What happens when you first use a class you have not yet imported? You will see an error. But when you press this magical combination, all your missing classes will be imported, and the unused imports will vanish.
CTRL+1
Probably the most useful one. It activates the quick fix. Imagine you create a class, which implements some interface. You will get an error, because the inherited methods are not yet implemented. While you are on line where the error occurs, press this combination to activate the quick fix. Now, select the "Add unimplemented methods" option. You can use the quick fix at every error you ever receive.
Quick fix comes in handy in other situations too. My favorite is the "Split variable declaration". Sometimes I need to broaden the scope of a variable. I activate the quick fix, split declaration, and use alt + arrow to put it where it belongs. You can find even more uses: Convert local variable to field, rename in file, inline local variable, etc...
You could use the "Split variable declaration" on the bar variable, and then move it with Alt+Arrows above the try block..
Or you could use the "Add unimplemented methods" fix here.
The best thing you can do if you see an error is to use the quick fix.
CTRL+SHIFT+T
Open Type. Imagine, that you need to have a look at the "Foo" class. But, where is the "Foo" class? Is it in the "Boo" project and in the "foo.bar" package? Or somewhere else? With this shortcut, you don't need to know. Just press it, type "Foo" and you are in.
CTRL+E
Shows you a list of all open editors.
CTRL+F6
Use to move between open editors. This is a slower alternative to Ctrl + E. It comes in handy in a situation when you want to periodically switch between two editors, something that is nearly impossible with Ctrl+E as it sorts entries quite randomly. Or you might just use Alt+Arrows...
CTRL+F7
Move between views. When in the editor, press Ctrl+F7 to switch to the Package Explorer, or hold Ctrl and press F7 multiple times to switch to other views.
CTRL+F8
Move between perspectives. The same as the previous.
CTRL + F11
Runs the application. What gets launched depends on your settings. It will either launch the last launched class (my preferred way) or it will launch the currently selected resource (the default way). If you want to change its behavior read the previous post.
CTL + N
Open new type wizard. This is not very quick because you have to select the wizard type (whether you want to create new class, jsp, xml or something else) in the next step. A much faster way would be if you could just hit the shortcut and invoke the particular wizard. It is possible, just keep reading...
CTRL + M
Maximize or umaximize current tab.
CTRL + I
Corrects indentation.
CTRL + SHIFT + F
Formats code. You can make beautiful looking code out of a mess with this. It requires a bit of setup, but it is well worth it. You can find its settings under Window->Preferences->Java->Code style->Formatter
CTRL + J
Incremental search. Similar to the search in firefox, it shows you results as you type. Don't be surprised if when you hit this combination nothing happens - at the first glance. Just start typing and eclipse will move your cursor to the first occurence.
CTRL+SHIFT+G
Bind this to "Generate getters and setters". This is a "must have".
ALT+C
Bind this to SVN/CVS "Commit".
ALT+U
Bind this to SVN/CVS "Update".
yes, you can go Window - Preferencee - General - Keys and see all available shortcuts. Also you can reorder keys here.
Also you can read more about eclipse shortcuts here
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.
Does Eclipse have a way to search a whole project for some text like Xcode's "find in project" feature?
1. Ctrl + H
2. Choose File Search for plain text search in workspace/selected projects
For specific expression searches, choose the relevant tab (such as Java Search which allows you to search for specific identifiers)
For whole project search:
3. Scope (in the form section) > Enclosing project (Radio button selection).
Ctrl + Alt + G can be used to find selected text across a workspace in eclipse.
OSX: ⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + G
Press Ctrl + H to bring up the search that includes options to search via project, directory, etc.
Ctrl+H.
Also,
Open any file quickly without browsing for it in the Package
Explorer: Ctrl + Shift + R.
Open a type (e.g.: a class, an interface) without clicking through
interminable list of packages: Ctrl + Shift + T.
Go directly to a member (method, variable) of a huge class file,
especially when a lot of methods are named similarly: Ctrl + O
Go to line number N in the source file: Ctrl + L, enter line number.
Ctrl + H is the best way!
Remember to copy the string before you start searching!
You should check out the new Eclipse 2019-09 4.13 Quick Search feature
The new Quick Search dialog provides a convenient, simple and fast way to run a textual search across your workspace and jump to matches in your code.
The dialog provides a quick overview showing matching lines of text at a glance.
It updates as quickly as you can type and allows for quick navigation using only the keyboard.
A typical workflow starts by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
(or Cmd+Alt+Shift+L on Mac).
Typing a few letters updates the search result as you type.
Use Up-Down arrow keys to select a match, then hit Enter to open it in an editor.
CTRL + H is actually the right answer, but the scope in which it was pressed is actually pretty important.
When you have last clicked on file you're working on, you'll get a different search window - Java Search:
Whereas when you select directory on Package Explorer and then press Ctrl + H (or choose Search -> File.. from main menu), you get the desired window - File Search:
yes, but you need to open the global search panel. to do so, press the binoculars icon on the top right corner of the IDE.
you can even filter searches by function identifiers, method scopes an etc...
Choose File Search for plain text search in workspace/selected projects
For specific expression searches, choose the relevant tab (such as Java Search which allows to search for specific identifiers)
First customize your search dialog. Ctrl+H. Click on the Customize button and select inly File Search while deselecting all the others. Close the dialog.
Now you can search by selecting the word and hitting the Ctrl+H and then Enter.
yes, but you need to open the global search panel.
to do so, press the binoculars icon on the top right corner of the IDE.
you can even filter searches by function identifiers, method scopes an etc...
There is no way to do pure text search in whole work workspace/project via a shortcut that I know of (and it is a PITA), but this will find references in the workspace:
Put your cursor on what you want to lookup
Press Ctrl + Shift + g
There is very nice tool "Eclipse Quicksearch" available. Checkout SpringSource Update Site for Eclipse i.e: http://dist.springsource.com/release/TOOLS/update/e4.6/ (you can try other versions replacing last part of URL with i.e. e4.4 or e4.5)
It works well with Neon Release (4.6.0). It gives you nice incremental text search with source file preview. I had no issues with it so far.
Usage:
Alt + s "Quick Search Command" opens "Quick Text Search" dialog. You can select whether search should be case sensitive or not. Really good tool.
Ctrl+H is very handy here. I mostly search in the current project, not the whole workspace. To find all occurences in the whole project of a string that is in your current buffer, just select the string press Ctrl+H and hit enter. Easy as that!
Use Resource Filters!
Eclipse will restrict the search result using the Resource Filters defined for your project (eg. right click on you project name and select Properties -> Resource -> Resource Filters). So if you keep getting search hits from parts of your project that your not interested in you could make Eclipse skip those by adding a Resource Filter for them. This is especially useful if you have build files or logs or other temporary files that are part of your projects directory structure, but you only want to search amongst the source code. You should also be aware of that files/directories matched for exclusion in the Resource Filters will not show up in the Package Explorer either, so you might not always want this.
Search and Replace'
Ctrl + F Open find and replace dialog
Ctrl + F / Ctrl + Shift + K Find previous / find next occurrence of search term (close find window first).
Ctrl + H Search Workspace (Java Search, Task Search, and File Search).
Ctrl + J / Ctrl+Shift +J Incremental search forward / backwards.
Type search term after pressing Ctrl+J, there is now search window
Ctrl+shift+O Open a resource search dialog to find any class
What others have forgotten is Ctrl+Shift+L for easy text search. It searches everywhere and it is fast and efficient. This might be a Sprint tool suit which is an extension of eclipse (and it might be available in newer versions)