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Eclipse Tips and Shortcuts

November 15th, 2009 ruggershawn 11 comments

Here is a list of the most commonly used shortcuts and tips our development team uses. I believe mastering these shortcuts help developers be more efficient in their software development.

I am always looking for more tips. If you have any tips that I am missing below please comment!!

Enjoy!!

Shortcuts

Most Common

Delete line ctrl + d
Go to Method ctrl + o
Format Code ctrl + shift + f
Last Edit ctrl + q
Line Number ctrl + l
Move line(s) alt + up/down
Open Resource ctrl + shift + r
Open Proj Prop alt + enter
Open Type ctrl + shift + t
Run Java App alt + shift + x, j
Run JUnit alt + shift + x, t
Shortcut List ctrl + shift + l

Refactoring Tips

Extract Method alt + shift + m
Extract Variable alt + shift + l
Rename alt + shift + r
Surround alt + shift + z

Templates

Go to Windows->Preferences->Java->Editor->Templates

To Activate templates press ctrl + space after command

For loop for
If statement if
Main Method main
System.out.println() sysout
System.err.println() syserr
While statement while

Custom Templates

  • Logger
    • private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(${enclosing_type}.class);

Automatically Organize Imports on save

Eclipse is capable of adding imports to your classes automatically which is surely one of the most used features. The command can easily be accessed by using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. I recommend to let Eclipse automatically organize imports on save. Go to Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Save Actions and activate Organize Imports

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