Eclipse useful shortcuts

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Search for resources, e.g. files

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Ctrl + Shift + R

Question 3

Search for Types

Answer 3

Ctrl + Shift + T

Question 4

Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors

Answer 4

Ctrl + E

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Shortcut for switching perspectives

Answer 5

Ctrl + F8

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Go to previous/ next editor position in history

Answer 6

Alt + ← or Alt + →

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Switch to previous/next editor

Answer 7

Ctrl-PageUp/PageDown

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Go to the declaration of this variable

Answer 8

F3

Question 9

Go to the matching bracket

Answer 9

Ctrl + Shift + P

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Go to the next problem / error

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Ctrl + .

Question 11

Go to the previous problem / error

Answer 11

Ctrl + ,

Question 12

Show type hierarchy of a variable

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F4

Question 13

Incremental search, find next

Answer 13

Ctrl + J , Ctrl + K

Question 14

Search for references in the workspace

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Ctrl + Shift + G

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Run last launched

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Ctrl + F11

Question 16

Run current selected class as Java Application

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Alt + Shift + X - J

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Quickfix; result depending on cursor position

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Ctrl + 1

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Content assist/ code completion

Answer 18

Ctrl + Space

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Show the inheritance tree of the current Java class

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Ctrl + T

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Show all methods of the current class

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Ctrl + O , press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods.

Question 21

Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views).

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F12

Question 22

Maximize Java editor

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Ctrl + M

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Format source code

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Ctrl + Shift + F

Question 24

Organize the imports; will import the missing import statements.

Answer 24

Ctrl + Shift + O

Question 25

Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor.

Answer 25

Ctrl + Q

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Move one element to the left or right

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Ctrl + Left / Right

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Copy line

Answer 27

Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down

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Move line up / down

Answer 28

Alt + Up / Down

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Select the previous / next syntactical element

Answer 29

Alt + Shift Up / Down

Question 30

Extending / Reducing the selection of the previous / next syntactical element

Answer 30

Alt + Shift Up / Down / Left / Right

Question 31

Scroll up / down a line in the editor

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Ctrl + Up / Down

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Deletes line

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Ctrl + D

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Delete until end of line

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Ctrl + Shift + DEL

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Delete next element

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Ctrl + DEL

Question 35

Delete previous element

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Ctrl + BACKSPACE

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Assign statement to new local variable

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Ctrl + 2, L

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Assign statement to new field

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Ctrl + 2, F

Question 38

Show the Javadoc for the selected type / class / method

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Shift + F2

Question 39

Type shortcut for the command, e.g. njc to create a new Java class or npip to create a new Plugin project

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Alt+Shift + N + Letter

Question 40

Surround block with try and catch

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Alt + Shift + Z

Question 41

Rename

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Alt + Shift + R

Question 42

Rename locally (in file), faster then Alt + Shift + R

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Ctrl+2, R

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Opens the quick refactoring menu

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Alt + Shift + T