Eclipse ShortCuts

Posted on 05/08/2013 by Admin

Hi Folks,

These are the most common Eclipse shortcuts used in the industries

Ctrl+shift+O	Managing Packages.Used to import/unimport necessary/unneccessary classes
Ctrl+/	Use to comment/uncomment the current line.Single line comment
Ctrl+shift+/	Used to comment the selected text.Multiline comments
Ctrl+shift+\	Used to uncomment the Multiline comments.Select the commented text first
Ctrl+T	Place the cursor on Interface/Class name first. It gives the list of child classes
Ctrl+Shift+J	Place the cursor inside Method/class.Prepares the javadoc for the classes/methods
Ctrl+W	Close the current Editor
Ctrl+Shift+W	Close All Opened Editor
Ctrl+space	Autocomplete/assist
Sysout+ctrl+space	System.out.println
Ctrl + D	Delete Current Line
Ctrl + L	Goto Line Number
Ctrl+Shift+P	Goto Matching Braces
Ctrl+O	Quick Out Line
Ctrl+Shift+C	Change Method Signature
F3	Select the method that is called.Press F3 will take you to the method defination
Ctrl+Shift+G	Put the cursor on className/Method Name first.It will show all the references of that class/Method.Find who has called that method
Ctrl+Shift+R	Used to Search for any resources like .java,.jsp within the workspace
Double click  after{	Will highlight the whole area covered by the {
Alt+Shift+S,R	Generate getters/Setters
Alt+Shift+X	Run As
Alt+Shift+D	Debug As
Ctrl+Q	Goto Last Edited Place
Ctrl+I	Indent the current/selected Line
Alt+Shift+R	Rename a class/variable and refactor it.Changes are affected to all the occurance
Ctrl+Shift+down Arrow	Move to next methods/variables
Ctrl+Shift+up Arrow	Move to previous  methods/variables
Ctrl+E	Open Editor with all resources of the package
Alt+Shift+W	Open the Code in Navigator or other Explorer
Alt+Shift+M	Select the block of code and press this shortcut.Will form another method containing that selected code.Helps to break the big method into smaller chunks
Alt+Shift+C	Change method signature and refactor it.All the references will be updated
Ctrl+Shift+L	List all the shortcuts
Alt+up /Down arrow	Moves the selected code up or down
Ctrl + Alt + H	Place the cursor at the method name,shows the whole hierarchy of method call