Is there a list of the default Eclipse keyboard shortcuts? I'm generally looking for language agnostic things like starting the debugger or deleting an entire line in the source editor.
Rather than a full list of shortcut (JGlass mentions for Eclipse 4.6 this pdf), I prefer using only a few shortcuts:
CTRL+Shift+L: "Show Key Assist", List of shortcuts (depending on the context)
CTRL+3: Quick Access
Source: "Good features of Eclipse 3.6 (Eclipse Helios) JDT, 2011, from Sony Thomas"
Those two covers almost everything.
You can add two others:
CTRL+1: Quick Fix
ALT+Shift+F1: Plug-in Spy
Note that Eclipse 2019-09 now shows key bindings when command is invoked.
For presentations, screen casts and learning purposes, it is very helpful to show the corresponding key binding when a command is invoked.
When the command is invoked (via a key binding or menu interaction) the key binding, the command's name and description are shown on the screen.
Key binding of triggered command shown on screen
You can activate this in the Preferences dialog via the Show key binding when command is invoked check box on the General > Keys preference page.
To toggle this setting quickly the command 'Toggle Whether to Show Key Binding' can be used (e.g. via the quick access).
As VonC said you can get alist of short cuts with the following command.
Ctrl + Shift + L "Show Key Assist", List of shortcuts (depending on the context)
SHORTCUTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
But here are some which you will use often during your development.
Ctrl + Shift + P Switch between openning and closing braces.
Ctrl + Shift + R Open any file quickly without browsing for it in the Package Explorer. This shortcut opens a dialog box that accepts the name of the file you’re looking for.
Ctrl + Shift + T Open a type (e.g.: a class, an interface) without clicking through interminable list of packages. If what you want is a Java type, this shortcut will do the trick.
Ctrl + O Go directly to a member (method, variable) of a class file, especially when there are a lot of methods.
Ctrl + Shift + F Format code.
Ctrl + Shift + / Comment out XML or JSP code.
Ctrl + L Go to line number N in the source file.
Ctrl + E Show a list of open editors.
Ctrl + F6 Move between open editors.
Ctrl + 1 Quick Fix.
Ctrl + 3 Quick Access.
Ctrl + Q Go to the last edit location.
Ctrl + T Go to a supertype/subtype.
Ctrl + I Indent selected code block.
Ctrl + + Move to one problem (i.e.: error, warning) to the next (or previous) in a file.
F3 Go to a type declaration.Alternatively, you can hold Ctrl down and click (ie: Ctrl + Click) the hyperlinked variable.
SHORTCUTS FOR VARIABLE GENERATION
Ctrl + 2 + L Generate return value type and variable assignment
Alt + Shift + L Generate return value type and variable assignment. but here you can make selections.
SHORTCUTS FOR DEBUGGING
F8 Resume
CTRL + F8 Resume.
F5 Step Into
F6 Step Over
F7 Step Return
CTRL R Run to Line.
F11 R Debug
CTRL + SHIFT + B Toogle Break Point
You can find further shortcuts under :
Help → Help Contents → Java Development User Guide → Reference → Menus and Actions
Previous answer not quite correct as in Eclipse you can redefine keyword shortcuts (as I often do).
You can always access current list of defined shortcuts by pressing Ctrl + Shift + L in Eclipse (on Windows at least).
The full list of defaults in Eclipse 4.6 and earlier versions can be obtained from this GIT Hub page:
https://github.com/pellaton/eclipse-cheatsheet specifically https://github.com/pellaton/eclipse-cheatsheet/raw/master/eclipse4.6/eclipse-shortcuts-4.6.0.pdf
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I just find it is very hard to switch windows.Is there any tool or key-Binding ?
I already find some material on vscode site.
Each window has his own shortcut key, you cant use to switch windows using only one key. You can use their predefined keys to switch between windows.
Probably the most common are:
switching to the sidebar Ctrl + b
Selecting files in sidebar Ctrl + Shift + e
switch to terminal Ctrl + `
Opening the folder Ctrl + K O
Switching to files Ctrl + 1 for first file Ctrl + 2 for second and so on
You can find this link here for complete keybinding for VS Code
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
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.
When in incremental search mode in Eclipse, is there a way to select the rest of the word?
For example, suppose I want to find the word “handleReservationGranted”. I type Ctrl + F to enter incremental search mode, and start typing the letters “han”. Now suppose I have found the beginning of “handleReservationGranted”. In my search box I have “han”, but I would now like to be able to select the rest of the word, so that the search box contains “handleReservationGranted” instead of “han”.
In Xemacs, I can type Ctrl + S, type “han”, and then type Ctrl + W. Now my search term is “handleReservationGranted”, and not “han”. So now if I press Ctrl + S, I find the next occurrence of “handleReservationGranted”.
I frequently prefer the incremental search over the search dialog, as the search dialog takes too much space on my screen, and most annoying it frequently hides the found matches.
I am using Eclipse Galileo (3.5.2).
Ctrl + Shift + L gives me the list of possible shortcuts in the given context, but none seems to fit what I'm looking for.
Instead of using Ctrl + F you can use Ctrl + J (no dialog appears).
Then you start typing the word and, when you find it, you'll have te beginning selected.
Now you only have to do Ctrl + Shift + → to select the rest of the word.
With the word selected, if you press Ctrl + K it searches for the next ocurrence (Ctrl + Shift + K the previous).
Note: I'm using Eclipse 3.4 but I suppose in 3.5 it works the same way. If it doesn't you can press Ctrl + Shift + L in the editor window (not in the search dialog) and look for 'Incremental Find'.
In vim, pressing * in command mode performs an automatic search of the word under the cursor. How can I obtain the same in Eclipse?
A combination of two keystrokes:
First, hit Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow to invoke "Select Enclosing Element". This will select the word under your cursor.
Use Ctrl + K (Cmd + K on OS X) to "find next".
It appears it was not possible in 2004, and it's still not possible, apparently. I'm speechless...
I also need this functionality and created a small plug-in which adds commands for doing this. You can download it and find more details here: http://eclipselabs.org/p/eclipse-tweaks/
Windows 10, tested on Eclipse 2020-03:
Two Steps:
1. Alt + Shift + Up Arrow, to select the word under the cursor
2. Ctrl + K to find the selected word forward
(Ctrl + Shift + K to find the selected word backward)
NOTE:
If you are inside an XML tag, Alt + Shift + Up Arrow will select from the beginning of the tag to the end tag, including all enclosing elements. Try it!
BONUS:
Ctrl + Shift + Down/Up arrows to navigate methods, as sometimes the selected word is a method you want to go to.
Better still,
Ctrl + O - Go to a specific method, by searching (Just enter the first few letters of the method, and Enter)
Cheers
Press Ctrl + k on a Windows machine. On a Mac, Cmd + k should work (seen here).
Not exactly the same, but maybe helpfull if you work with java. In a .java file you can press
CTRL + SHIFT + u
to find occurences in the same source file.
You can also use Shift + Ctrl + K to search next backwards.