Keyboard shortcuts are highly used by the high speed programmers as well as normal programmers.As usual the Eclipse IDE also provide certain keyboard shortcuts to the following actions.Lets examine what all are the various shortcuts.
NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS:
Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Control + Shift+ R | Open / Search for resources, e.g. files |
| Control + Shift + T | Open / Search for Types |
| Control + F8 | Shortcut for switching perspectives |
| Control + E | Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors |
| Alt + ← or Alt + → | Go to previous/ next editor position in history |
| F3 | Go to the declaration of this variable |
| Ctrl-PageUp/PageDown | Switch to previous/next editor |
| Control + Shift + P | Go to the matching bracket |
SEARCH SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Control + . | Open / Search for resources, e.g. files |
| Control+ , | Open / Search for Types |
| Control+ J , Control + K | Shortcut for switching perspectives |
| Control + Shift+ G | Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors |
| F4 on a variable | Go to previous/ next editor position in history |
EDITING SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Wrap the select block of code into a block, e.g. try/catch. |
| Ctrl + Q | Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor. |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Format source code |
| Ctrl + M | Maximize Java editor |
| F12 | Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views). |
| Ctrl + O | Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods. |
| Ctrl + T | Show the inheritance tree of the current Java class |
| Ctrl + Space | Content assist/ code completion |
| Ctrl + 1 | Quickfix; result depending on cursor position |
RUNNING PROGRAM SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F11 | Run last launched |
| Alt + Shift + X – J | Run current selected class as Java application |
ARROW KEY SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Left | Wrap the select block of code into a block, e.g. try/catch. |
| Ctrl + Right | Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor. |
| Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down | Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods. |
| Alt + Up / Down | Format source code |
| Alt + Shift Up / Down | Maximize Java editor |
| Alt + Shift Up / Down / Left / Right | Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views). |
| Ctrl + Up / Down | Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods. |
DELETE SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + BACKSPACE | Delete previous element |
| Ctrl + DEL | Delete next element |
| Ctrl + Shift + DEL | Delete until end of line |
| Ctrl + D | Deletes line |
VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + 2, L | Assign statement to new local variable |
| Ctrl + 2, F | Assign statement to new field |
CODING SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Shift + F2 | Show the Javadoc for the selected type / class / method |
| Alt+Shift + N + Letter | Type shortcut for the command, e.g. njc to create a new Java class or npip to create a new Plugin project |
| Alt + Shift + Z | Surround block with try and catch |
REFACTORING SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Alt + Shift + R | Rename |
| Ctrl+2, R | Rename locally (in file), faster then Alt + Shift + R |
| Alt + Shift + T | Opens the quick refactoring menu |
MUST KNOWN SHORTCUTS:
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + S | Saves current editor |
| Ctrl + 1 | Quickfix; shows potential fixes for warnings, errors or shows possible actions |
| Ctrl + Space | Content assist/ code completion |
| Ctrl + Q | Goes to the last edited position |
| Ctrl+ D | Deletes current line in the editor |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Adjusts the imports statements in the current Java source file |
| Ctrl + 2, L or F | Assign statement to new local variable or field |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Open Type Dialog |
| Ctrl + O | Shows quick outline of a class |
| Ctrl + F11 | Run last launched application |
| Ctrl + 2, L or F | Shows quick outline of a class |
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