Is there something like the Emacs backward-paragraph and forward-paragraph functions available in Eclipse ?
I searched in the Eclipse keys preference pane but could not find anything related to paragraph.
I know that Eclipse has more sophisticated navigation methods but I would like to make Eclipse behave (regarding key bindings) as much like Emacs as possible.
As far as I know Eclipse does not have that functionality.
CTRL + L + (line number) — is the closest shortcut to what you want, that I can remember.
CTRL + SHIFT + (ARROW DOWN|ARROW UP) — will move you to the previous/next method
CTRL + Q — will take you to the last place edited.
It’s been a while since I used Eclipse, but I believe those are all still valid commands.
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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.
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.
My coworker keeps insisting that I make the switch from IntelliJ to Eclipse. I'm considering relenting, mainly because the compile/deploy time it takes for my Android project seems to be considerably less in Eclipse than IntelliJ (I imagine Eclipse does some sort of incremental compilation, etc. that IntelliJ can't do for Android).
However, there are a few shortcuts that I feel are essential and I don't want to do without, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to do them in Eclipse (perhaps add via a plugin?):
Ctrl-W (select word, and then expands selection to include statement,
block, method, class... this should work in XML and other types of code as well)
Ctrl-D (duplicate selection, if selection, or otherwise line)
Ctrl-Shift-V, paste from history (pops up a list of recently copied text)
Go to Symbol (searches through all methods, fields, etc in your project)
I'm sure there are a bunch of others I'll really miss, but these are the main ones I use all the time.
about the go to symbol thing
there are the following functionalities available
ctrl + shift + r - open resource
ctrl + shift + t - open type
ctrl + alt + g - find the selected text in workspace
ctrl + shift + g - find references in workplace (as selected by caret)
ctrl + o - quick outline, all methods in class
there is also a plugin calld instaSearch that you can easily install, it offers a complete project active search.
I believe IntelliJ is a much better IDEA, but you asked..
ctrl+w
Alt Shift Up Expand selection to enclosing element
ctrl+d
Ctrl Alt Arrow Duplicate line(s) up or down
ctrl+shift+v
Not that I have seen
ctrl+shift+a
No, and that is a truly amazing feature.