Eclipse Shortcut Keys & Tutorial For Increase Productivity

It’s useful for both core Java developer and Java web application developer using Eclipse IDE for web development.

Ctrl + Shift + T for finding class even from a jar: This keyboard shortcut is my most used and favorite shortcut.

While working with a high-speed trading system that has a complex code, I often need to find classes with the just blink of the eye, and this eclipse keyboard shortcut is just made for that.

No matter whether you have a class in your application or inside any JAR, this shortcut will find it.

Ctrl + Shift + R for finding any resource (file) including config XML files: This is similar to above shortcut with the only difference that it can find out not only Java files but any files including XML, configs, and many others,

but this shortcut only finds files from your workspace and doesn’t dig at jar level.

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Ctrl + 1 for the quick fix: This is another beautiful shortcut that can fix up any error for you. Whether it’s missing declaration, missing semi-colon, or any import related error, this eclipse shortcut will help you to sort that out quickly.

Ctrl + Shift + o for organizing imports: Another keyboard shortcut for fixing missing imports. Particularly helpful if you copy some code from other files and what to import all dependencies.

Eclipse Tutorial Shortcut for Quick Navigation

In this section, we will see some keyboard shortcut which helps to quickly navigate within the file and between file while reading and writing code in Eclipse.

• Ctrl + o for quick outline going quickly to a method
• Alt + right and Alt + left for going back and forth while editing.
• Alt + Shift + W for the show in the package explorer
• Ctrl + Shift + Up and down for navigating from member to member (variables and methods)
• Ctrl + k and Ctrl + Shift +K for find next/previous

Go to a type declaration: F3, This Eclipse shortcut is very useful to see function definition very quickly.

Eclipse Shortcut for Editing Code

These shortcuts are beneficial for editing code in Eclipse.

• Ctrl + / for commenting, uncommenting lines, and blocks, see here for a live example.
• Ctrl + Shift + / for commenting, uncommenting lines with block comment, see here for example.
• Selecting class and pressing F4 to see its Type hierarchy
• Ctrl + F4 or Ctrl + w for closing current file
• Ctrl+Shirt+W for closing all files.
• Ctrl + l go to line
• Select text and press Ctrl + Shift + F for formatting.
• Ctrl + F for find, find/replace
• Ctrl + D to delete a line
• Ctrl + Q for going to last edited place miscellaneous Eclipse ShortcutsThese are different Eclipse keyboard shortcuts that don’t fit into any category but quite helpful and make life very easy while working in Eclipse.
• Ctrl + T for toggling between supertype and subtype
• Go to other open editors: Ctrl + E.
• Move to one problem (i.e., error, warning) to the next (or previous) in a file: Ctrl +. For next, and Ctrl +, in the prior problem
• Hop back and forth through the files you have visited: Alt + ← and Alt + →, respectively.
• CTRL+Shift+G, which searches the workspace for references to the selected method or variable
• Ctrl+Shift+L to view the listing for all Eclipse keyboard shortcuts.
• Alt + Shift + j to add Javadoc at any place in a java source file.
• CTRL+SHIFT+P to find a closing brace. Place the cursor at the opening brace and use this.
• Alt+Shift+X, Q to run Ant build file using keyboard shortcuts in Eclipse.
• Ctrl + Shift +F for Autoformatting.

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You Can Also Refer below the image for the important Shortcut keys.

Or you can refer the below image

For navigation:

For Files:

For Find:

For Java Navigation:

For General editing:

For Java editing:

For Debugger:

For Refactoring:

For Misc:

For more tips and tricks you can visit our softwaretestingo tips and tricks section.