Eclipse

Some Eclipse Shortcuts

1.2. Navigation

Table 1. Navigation

Shortcut	Description
CTRL + SHIFT + R	Open / Search for resources, e.g. files
CTRL + SHIFT + T	Open / Search for Types
CTRL + E	Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors
CTRL + F8	Shortcut for switching perspectives
ALT + ← or ALT + →	Go to previous/ next editor position in history
Ctrl-PageUp/PageDown	Switch to previous/next editor
F3	Go to the declaration of this variable
CTRL + SHIFT + P	Go to the matching bracket

Table 2. Search

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + .	Go to the next problem / error
Ctrl + ,	Go to the previous problem / error
F4 on a variable	Show type hierarchy
CTRL + J , CTRL + K	Incremental search, find next
CTRL + SHIFT + G	Search for references in the workspace

1.3. Run

Table 3. Running programs

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + F11	Run last launched
Alt + Shift + X - J	Run current selected class as Java application

1.4. Editing

Table 4. Handling the editor

Shortcut	Description
CTRL + 1	Quickfix; result depending on cursor position
CTRL + Space	Content assist/ code completion
CTRL + T	Show the inheritance tree of the current Java class
CTRL + O	Show all methods of the current class, press CTRL + O again to show the inherited methods.
F12	Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views).
Ctrl + M	Maximize Java editor
CTRL + Shift + F	Format source code
CTRL + Shift + O	Organize the imports; will import the missing import statements.
CTRL + Q	Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor.

Table 5. Arrow Keys

Shortcut	Description
CTRL + Left	Move one element to the left
CTRL + Right	Move one element to the right
CTRL + ALT + Up/Down	Copy line
ALT + Up / Down	Move line up / down
ALT + SHIFT Up / Down	Select the previous / next syntactical element
ALT + SHIFT Up / Down / Left / Right	Extending / Reducing the selection of the previous / next syntactical element
CTRL + Up / Down	Scroll up / down a line in the editor

Table 6. Delete

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + D	Deletes line
CTRL + SHIFT + DEL	Delete until end of line
CTRL + DEL	Delete next element
CTRL + BACKSPACE	Delete previous element

Table 7. Variable assignment

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + 2, L	Assign statement to new local variable
Ctrl + 2, F	Assign statement to new field

1.5. Coding

Table 8. Coding

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

1.6. Refactoring

Table 9. Refactoring

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