I have an eclipse window with two tabs open side by side so that I can see the text of both files simultaneously. Is there a keyboard shortcut that allows me to switch which window I am editing?
I usually use Ctrl + F6, it will pop-up a small context menu were with all editors and windows, by default it switch you to the next editor in the list. And
Ctrl + Shift +F6 goes to the previous editor in the list.
It's not exactly what you asked for, but i cannot found simple shortcut for switching windows. You can read this article for more info
You can also create your own perspectives (Window --> Save Perspective As...) and easily switch between them:
Ctrl + F8 Next perspective
Ctrl + Shift + F8 Previous perspective
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Often when I'm working in Eclipse, I'll be in a perspective (say debug) and doing stuff there, then I want to maximize a file I'm looking at. I double-click it, and work on it, then double-click again to minimize back to the debug perspective.
Is there a hot-key to do this from the keyboard?
Ctrl + M will maximize/restore the editor area.
If you can't remember all shortcuts, then just learn Ctrl + Shift + L. That will show a list of available shortcuts.
Also: http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Eclipse.html#link_11
Link http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseShortcuts/article.html
Link: Maximize code tab in eclipse shortcut
is there any shortcut key to jump from writing editor to explorer window or console ?
see the photo suppose I am writing code and I want to move project explorer window with out mouse use.so is there any shortcut key for that ?
Yes I got the answer
ctrl + shift + f7 or ctl+f7
To find all the shortcuts in Eclipse; Window - preferences: General - keys
Then you might want to look into the plugin Mousefeed, it will tell you if the action you performed with the mouse has a keyboard shortcuts. It will not help with switching views thought
Eclipse has an MDI structure (Multi Document Interface), so the search panel, the package explorer and the code editor can all be open in one window, but I haven't found a keyboard shortcut for switching between these panels. For example, after I search the code-base, I would love to have a quick shortcut for going back to the code editor.
If I understand your question correct, you are probably looking for Ctrl + F7 and Ctrl + Shift + F7. Other navigational shortcuts can be found in the menu: Window > Navigation.
Not an universal shortcut for going to any panel, but:
Ctrl+Shift+E
allows you to go back to any Editor (although it's still a little heavyweight for quick editor navigation).
And if you want to switch between perspectives its: Crtl + F8 and Ctrl + Shift + F8. You can go to Help > Key Assist... for a full list of shortcuts (this list will change depending on the active editor etc.).
There are two ways to do it.
One is how #VonC did it, in an earlier reply; using CTRL+SHIFT+E which opens a box containing all the panes with their paths.
The other one is to simply use CTRL+E, which will open a pop-up just over your cursor containing the list of panes open. Parse using arrows and ENTER
I am wondering if there is any way to have a keyboard shortcut to a tab. Like for example Firefox having Alt+1 / Alt+2 / Alt+3 to go to tab 1 / 2/ 3 etc...
Cheers,
You can use F12 to go to the current editor and Ctrl + E to get a list of open editors. Then you can type a couple of characters to narrow down the list. The currently visible tabs are at the end of the list (use End or Up to jump there)
Ctrl + PageUp and Ctrl + PageDown select the previous and the next tab.
Ctrl + Q goes to the last edit position.
Alt + Left and Alt + Right go back- and forward through your editing history (like the back button in your browser).
Also, use Alt+PgUp and Alt+PgDown to shift between graphical layout and xml code inside android graphical layout editor for xml files.
for right side move CTRL+ page Down
for left side move CTRL+page Up
Using CTRL+F7 to navigate between two currently used views back and forth (kinda ALT+TAB in Windows).
If I've got my Eclipse windows split vertically, is there any keyboard shortcut to move to the logical left/right editor?
For example, in the image blow, the right editor is selected, and I want to move to the left window:
For those of you who know Vim, I am trying to recreate c-w h and c-w l.
The answer from Csaba_H is right : there is no keyboard shortcut to switch from one editor area to the next. The most you can do through keyboard shortcuts is to switch to "another editor", whatever its area is (left, right, top, bottom... whatever you tiled the area into :p) through the usual shortcuts :
next editor : ctrl + F6
previous editor : ctrl + shift + F6
quick switch editor : ctrl + E
I'll only mention that you can also take a look yourself to all available shortcuts in your Eclipse if you go to Window > preferences and go into the section General > Keys (a shortcut to get there is to use ctrl + shift + L twice).
Personally I did not find such shortcut or option. However, there are some possibilities for switching editors from the keyboard (Ctrl + F6 and Ctrl + Shift + E as general ones, or my favourite "all-in-one" Ctrl + 3 :) ).
Also, if you work mostly two files 'for a long time' (one in left side and one on right side), you can also use the History operations (Alt + ←, Alt + →) for switching editors.
Eclipse allows for multiple editors to be open at any time, and those editors may be arranged as tabs (default behaviour) or split vertically or horizontally. The information above about available shortcut options is correct and provides the correct functionality in the case of two (only) open editors. Where there are greater than two open editors the shortcuts allow navigation to the 'next' or 'previous' editor. There is no concept of the logical left/right or top/bottom editor.
Just found it!
Ctrl + Page Up and Ctrl + Page Down.
It's just Ctrl + Tab and Ctrl + Shift + Tab on my windows! try it.
In all my eclipse usage I've never noticed such a shortcut and I would not expect one to exist. I skimmed though the link provided by Anthony and checked my own copy of eclipse, but none of it looked like what you're looking for.
You can also look through them yourself by going to: Window > Preferences > General > Keys
I'm not sure if there is something in vanilla Eclipse, but you might want to check out "Emacs+" in the Eclipse Marketplace.
From http://www.mulgasoft.com/ :
"Other Window (Ctrl-X O): Navigate to the previous editor window"
It's not perfect, but it will achieve something close to what you want.
You can also split the window with shortcuts as well.
Quick Access Ctrl+3 has been very useful in Eclipse.
Otherwise, I know of two external programs that navigate by dividing the screen into smaller chunks, using only your keyboard.
If you're on Windows, you can use Mouser, which is coded in Autohotkey and based on keynav. If you find the source, remapping the keys is fairly straightforward.
If you're on Linux, keynav is your friend.
sudo apt-get install keynav
You'll have to change the configuration file to use arrow keys. (The default uses vim-like navigation.)
For focusing panels in Eclipse, I average between two-to-three keystrokes.