Editors are an integral part of a programmer’s life. If you have good proficiency in using an editor thats a great advantage. It comes very handy to debug. Traditional notepad and SOPs (System.out.println) are the way we start learning a language but that is not sufficient, so beginners start using an IDE and most importantly know the shortcuts.
For java developers there is a huge list and some popular areEclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ Idea. I use Eclipse as my IDE and vim as a light weight editor.
This article is for those who use or intend to use Eclipse as IDE. Keyboard shortcuts are very important for comfortable and quick editing. I have abridged the following list of eclipse shortcuts from my own experience and literature.
There is a huge list of eclipse shortcuts available but I have listed only the most essential ones that you may need daily. Download this list as a pdf formatted for single page.
File Navigation – Eclipse Shortcuts
- CTRL SHIFT R – Open a resource. You need not know the path and just part of the file name is enough.
- CTRL E – Open a file (editor) from within the list of all open files.
- CTRL PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN – Navigate to previous or next file from within the list of all open files.
- ALT <- or ALT -> – Go to previous or next edit positions from editor history list.
Java Editing – Eclipse Shortcuts
- CTRL SPACE – Type assist
- CTRL SHIFT F – Format code.
- CTRL O – List all methods of the class and again CTRL O lists including inherited methods.
- CTRL SHIFT O – Organize imports.
- CTRL SHIFT U – Find reference in file.
- CTRL / – Comment a line.
- F3 – Go to the declaration of the variable.
- F4 – Show type hierarchy of on a class.
- CTRL T – Show inheritance tree of current token.
- SHIFT F2 – Show Javadoc for current element.
- ALT SHIFT Z – Enclose block in try-catch.
General Editing – Eclipse Shortcuts
- F12 – Focus on current editor.
- CTRL L – Go to line number.
- CTRL D – Delete a line.
- CTRL <- or -> – Move one element left or right.
- CTRL M – Maximize editor.
- CTRL SHIFT P – Go to the matching parenthesis.
Debug, Run – Eclipse Shortcuts
- CTRL . or , – Navigate to next or previous error.
- F5 – Step into.
- F6 – Step over.
- F8 – Resume
- CTRL Q – Inspect.
- CTRL F11 – Run last run program.
- CTRL 1 – Quick fix code.
Search – Eclipse Shortcuts
- CTRL SHIFT G – Search for current cursor positioned word reference in workspace
- CTRL H – Java search in workspace.
Download eclipse shortcuts list as a single page pdf. You can stick it for quick reference in your workstation.
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Thanks Joe
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Good Article
Thanks.
Great, Thanks for your post,
Another missing command are:
CTRL + ALT + L
for listing all shortcuts
Its CTRL+ SHIFT + L
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Hello sir,when i installed the eclipse it give
error “Failed to load the JNI shared library
C:\Program Files(x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0\jre\bin\ client\jvm.dll
please tell me what is the problem?
it is due to the reason you are trying to instal win7 compatable eclipse version without win7 compatable jdk version. Try installing jdk7 and reinstal eclipse..it will work fine
U can try out eclipse juno rather….
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Thanks a lot it is very useful for every one who r using Eclipse.
Could you please send the connection pooling concept in step by step form.
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very good shortcuts
In eclipse press CTRL+ SHIFT+L you will get all the lists or help –> key Assist
THAX BUDDY
Yes, I should have included CTRL + ALT + L. I will update the article. Thanks.
Thanks a ton JOE
It was helpful…u did good to a bunch of new developers…thanx
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Thank u Joe
Helpful article…Thanks
Good article..With these keywords, Eclipse will become a powerful editor and make the work very easy.
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Thanks for choosing really helpful topic
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It helps a lot for beginners….
Thanks very much….
also add CTRL SHIFT T means searching java file from jars
excellent and much needed one…..hari
Thanks Hari
excellent for quick Reference….sunil
sir i have small doubt which IDE is better either netbeans or eclipse
Really its very beneficial!!
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was very Useful…..Thank You….
Ctrl K or Ctrl Shift K is also helpful for finding a similar text or same String
It’s a great.thanks you sir
precise,very well presented.. beneficial thanks :)
Very helpful short cuts..
Great sharing.. Very very Important information..:)
Good thanks !
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Useful post Joe Thanks alot!
Thanks
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Very useful sir…..
Very good list.
One more shortcut I use often is CTRL K to find occurrence of selected string in the file.
very useful
Thanks sir,these are the shortcuts that are really necessary for a programmer to know.
Very good……………….
Thanks Joe,
Really appreciate for this Eclipse shortcuts
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Very nice tutorials – Joe
Its very helpful.
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Nice Article… Useful work
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thanks JOE
Searched a lot on the web, and this is the most simple and useful thing I found in the end.,
many thanks
Trivikram
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thanx a lot,
One more option is cntrl+o lists all the methods in a class
awesome joe, thanks
nice shortcuts.. thanx…
Good one JOE Keep adding……
Thank you so much please continue to update with some practical examples.
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Well done i am just looking for this type of blog finally i got it from you…
Plz Give me Netbeans shortcuts
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Thanks a lot for providing clear and precise explanations with exampleas in all the topics.
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Hi Joe,
Very informative articles.
Thanks a lot for sharing knowledge.
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Thank You..it is very helpful for all and java beginers
Thanx…
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Thank you for your list !!
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Thanks sir.
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Thanks Joe, for Ur blogs. These are really helpful for most of us.
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so… beneficial
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Thanks it really helpful……… time saving…… i like CTRL+SHIFT+R
it it not CTRL + ALT + L for listing Commands. but it is CTRL + shift + L.
Thanks really helpful
THANKS A LOT SIR…
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very helpful,thank you sir
Two more important commands as follows:
1> CTRL + W –> to close each opened file
2> CTRL + SHIFT +W —> to close all files which are opened.
Hi Joe,
CTRL SHIFT F – It is formatting only java files.
May i know the format code of jsp & xml files.
I dont know how can I say thanks to you why because each and every topic material made by you is simply super
Really helpfull..Thank u Sir
you can use this key CTRL+SHIFT+F format and align the code in a perfect manner.
keep rocking..!
can any one tell the diff b/n for loop and for each…
in for each we are taking collections and where as for we are taking numbers..in for loop where is collection…
really good one.
Very helpful sir :) Really easy learning of JAVA from your blog.. thanks alot sir :)
Thanks a lot sir!
Very Helpful. Thank you
Hi fiends,
how to convert bunch of .class files into java source code files?
waiting for reply..:)
thnks a lot
Sir,
A very helpful list indeed, especially the pdf version for the workstation. It might as well include CTRL + I for Indentation if you have strict checkstyle standards to adhere to.
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Welcome Suresh.
its very useful
thnk u
thnks very helpful..
Thank u sir.
Cntrl + Shift + L
:-)
thanks for tutorial
can u plz tel me hw to set line numbers in eclipse?
Go to window->preferences->General->Editors->Texteditors->ShowLineNumbers
Very helpful tips..
its awesome..
Thank you sir………
Great work sir, Very very helpful, there is another shut cut for rename or refactor same valued variables.
‘Alt+Shift+R’
Hi sir, you are helping us so much. I am very wonder on this website, Thanks to you sir.
Awesome!
Thank you so much… you blog is awesome
truly helpful
thanx…its very helpful.
Thanks for the compilation, very useful short cuts
Another one..
ALT+F4 for closing eclipse.
Thanks so much for providing Eclipse shut cut ..
Thanks
very helpful!
most-used shortcuts
my netbean shows an authentication password when i m run any program on tomcat apache server, and not any other server as a glassfish server is run completely.plz hellp me sir
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