I'm trying to disable the automatic closing of brackets in Eclipse, and while I've mostly succeeded, I can't stop the editor from inserting a closing parenthesis for a method call. The result is that when I type:
myBool.equals(true);
it inserts a closing parenthesis as soon as I type the opening parenthesis, and what I actually get is:
myBool.equals(true);)
I've disabled all of the auto-complete options in the Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Typing menu, as well as Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Fill method arguments and show guessed arguments. I also disabled the smart insert mode option under the Edit menu. Is there another option somewhere else I need to use to stop Eclipse from doing this?
This is with Eclipse 3.5.2 (Build ID M20100211-1343) in case it matters.
Edited to add: I should also mention that this only happens if I wait for the "intellisense" pop-up with suggested method names to appear after I type the period. If I just continuously type the code without waiting for the suggestion box to appear, the closing parenthesis doesn't get inserted.
I don't know how to disable the method parenthesis auto-complete - so I'm not sure, if you'll be satisfied with my answer. But to avoid ending up with
myBool.equals(true);)
you can actually enable (Parenthesis, [square] and <angle> brackets in the Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Typing menu. This inserts the parenthesis automatically (which you probably don't want), but you can just continue typing normally, as you would in an editor without "intelligence": Your closing parenthesis will simply overwrite the automatically inserted parenthesis, so you won't end up with );).
If I understand the problem correctly, here is the solution! I had the same problem.
Main Menu | Window | Preferences | <The language you are using> | Editor | Typing
In the section "Automatically close," uncheck the options you don't want.
I don't know if this functionality is new. I just started using Eclipse again and haven't ever used it much.
I found the answer on this stackoverflow page.
As you noticed, it only happens if you wait for the proposals ("intellisense") box to pop up.
The "solution" is to disable proposals under one or both of the following, although doing so is probably more of a hassle because of what you'll be giving up.
Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> "Insert single proposals automatically"
Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Advanced
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Suddenly any Java file I open in Eclipse is being opened in fully-folded mode.
I don't recall changing any settings but presumably I must have hit some special hot key or accidentally clicked someplace to ask for this behavior.
Any clues on how to turn it off? I've tried simply disabling folding but with no success.
Thanks.
Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Folding -> Initially folded elements. Uncheck "members" or hit the "Restore defaults" button.
If you have a similar problem again, try entering a term in the preferences dialog filter box on the upper left. If you enter "folding", you come quite close to the solution already.
I use Netbeans 7.2.1, when I type private String a(Java code), the IDE shows a tip window aString which asks me to name a variable with its type as postfix. In addition, when I continue to type ;, it completes the code with private String aString;. Actually, I do not like this naming style, so, how to change the settings?
For windows :
Go to Tools > Options > Editor > Code Completion
Select Language Java from dropdown
Auto pop-up on typing any Java identifier part
You can take help from the images below:
Under Preferences -> Editor -> Code Completion is where you can find the auto complete properties. You can disable the 'Auto Popup Completion Window' to keep it from automatically popping.
You can bring up the auto complete popup with the hotkey: control+space
Also while the completion window is displayed, pressing the esc will close it without inserting an autocomplete value.
Go to: Preferences -> Editor -> Formatting.
In the drop-down box "Language", choose "Java".
There are many other categories you can choose from and you can customize your code formatting style there.
As described in this question one can have auto complete (Content Assist) appear automatically as you type. There is, however, a problem with this setup.
Eclipse figures it's a good idea to accept the first suggested completion when LOADS of different keys are pressed. Such as space, braces and other stuff you really need to type often without inserting a suggestion.
Any Eclipse wiz out there who knows how to turn this auto insertion off without disabling the suggestions?
Open Window --> Preferences. Type "Content Assist" in the filter, and disable it for your editor (or change activation preferences).
Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Auto Activation -> Auto activation triggers for Java and type ".abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" . You can add or remove any characters, on pressing which the auto-complete menu gets triggered.
In your case make sure that you do not have a whitespace, ( or < included in the Auto activation triggers for Java
How do you disable content assist in Eclipse?
I do not mind allowing it to come up when I press ctrl & space, but I do not like how it automatically comes up as I am typing. It just messes me up. For instance it, I would end up scrolling through the options when I just want to go up a line. It is getting tedious having to press escape whenever it decides to pop up.
I have found the page in the preferences for it, but I cannot seem to find out how to disable the auto-pop-up.
EDIT: I am using the application for android development. I have already disabled "auto-activation" for both Java and XML, but it does not seem to have an effect. The window will still pop up automatically.
EDIT2: I tried restarting the program after making the changes, but it still had no effect. I made sure that the option changes were still in effect, and they were still in effect.
This Eclipse3.6 Help page on Content assist can help (it is for C++, but the same idea applies for Java on the Java > Editor > Content Assist preference page.):
The idea is to disable what triggers the content assist.
Go to Window → Preferences.
In the filter text search bar, type "typing".
Go to Editor → Typing.
Uncheck all that you don't want.
Don't know if you did get it to disable but I was having the same trouble as you.
I did the following:
Window > Prefrences > Content Assist
Uncheck all and hit apply
Java > Editor > Content assist > Advanced
Uncheck all and hit apply.
Hope this works if you still haven't found an answer.
It's not readily obvious and there doesn't appear to be a global option to turn it off all over the place. This may sound obvious, but it's important to make sure to turn off Auto-Activation on all of the different structured editor types that you do not want it active on.
In Eclipse Mars.1 :-
go to Window then->preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist ->Advanced -> Restore Default ->Apply and then OK.
Go to Window -> Preferences -> PHP -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Auto Activation
Untick the box "Enable auto activation"
I've always found the eclipse's automatic close quotes and parenthesis features to be useless. For example hitting on a single " will lead to
"<cursor>"
I don't need the second quote. It's annoying to remove afterward. How to turn this feature off?
Update: I now kept the setting on. If you type another quote " it will break through.
Try Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Typing and uncheck the "Strings" checkbox in the "Automatically close" group.
You need to turn this feature off for all editors:
Go to Preferences and in the "type filer text" box type "typing".
Then click on each result and un-check all unwanted automatically close options.
Jump out of the quotes by simply hitting Enter when you are done typing the string contents (at least, in the java editor).
To turn off auto quotes in Titanium Studio, under preferences -> Titanium Studio -> Editors -> uncheck "Auto-close matching character pairs"
You could also hit quote when you want to exit the auto-complete quote. This will put you outside the quote as if you closed it yourself. So this feature doesn't really break the flow of you programing.
The location for similar auto quoting capabilities in PyDev for eclipse:
Windows -> PyDev -> Editor -> Typing -> "Automatic literal closing."
In order to enable pressing enter to exit the quotes check "Enable link on automatic parentheses or literals closing."