Eclipse Shortcuts
Basic Eclipse shortcuts
- Switch between views:
- <CTRL>-<F6> opens a list with editors
- <CTRL>-<F7> opens a list with views
- <CTRL>-<F8> opens a list with perspectives
- Switch between tabs:
- <CTRL>-<Page Up>
- <CTRL>-<Page Down>
- Split a text editor:
- <CTRL>-_ splits a text editor for a single file horizontally
- <CTRL>-{ splits a text editor for a single file vertically
- Maximize current editor (tab):
- <CTRL>-M
- Double mouse-click on the name of the tab
- Jump to position of last edit:
- Save file
- Format
- <CTRL>-<SHIFT>-F formats the selected text or the whole document when nothing is selected
- Increase/Decrease font size of the textual editors
- <CTRL>-<=> increases the font size
- <CTRL>-<-> decreases the font size
- (Alternatively, via menus: Window -> Preferences -> General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts -> Basic -> Text Font -> Edit...)
Navigation shortcuts
- Outline view:
- Window -> Show view -> Outline
- <CTRL>-O opens a quick outline that is searchable (including wildcards)
- Hyper-linking from an element (variable, method, type, etc.) to its declaration:
- <F3> while the cursor position is at the element
- <CTRL>-click on the element
- Find references:
- <CTRL>-<SHIFT>-G on the element (variable, method, type, etc.)