Shortcuts Eclipse Helios for Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Eclipse Helios for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 104 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Manage Files and Projects

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+N Create new project using the Wizard
Ctrl+Alt+N Create new project, file, class, etc.
Alt+F, then . Open project, file, etc.
Ctrl+Shift+R Open Resource (file, folder or project)
Alt+Enter Show and access file properties
Ctrl+S Save current file
Ctrl+Shift+S Save all files
Ctrl+W Close current file
Ctrl+Shift+W Close all files
F5 Refresh content of selected element with local file system

Editor Window

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Focus/ cursor must be in Editor Window for these to work. F12
Jump to Editor Window Ctrl+Page Down/Ctrl+Page Up
Switch to next editor / switch to previous editor Ctrl+M
Maximize or un-maximize current Editor Window (also works for other Windows) Ctrl+E
Show list of open Editors. Use arrow keys and enter to switch Ctrl+F6/Ctrl+Shift+F6
Show list of open Editors. Similar to ctrl+e but switches immediately upon release of ctrl Alt+Arrow Left/Alt+Arrow Right
Go to previous / go to next Editor Window Alt+-
Open Editor Window Option menu Ctrl+F10
Show view menu (features available on left vertical bar: breakpoints, bookmarks, line numbers, …) Ctrl+F10, then n
Show or hide line numbers Ctrl+Shift+Q
Show or hide the diff column on the left (indicates changes since last save) Ctrl+Shift++/-
Zoom text in/ out
Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Home/End Jump to beginning / jump to end of indention. Press home twice to jump to beginning of line
Ctrl+Home/End Jump to beginning / jump to end of source
Ctrl+Arrow Right/Arrow Left Jump one word to the left / one word to the right
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump to previous / jump to next method
Ctrl+L Jump to Line Number. To hide/show line numbers, press ctrl+F10 and select 'Show Line Numbers'
Ctrl+Q Jump to last location edited
Ctrl+./Ctrl+, Jump to next / jump to previous compiler syntax warning or error
Ctrl+Shift+P With a bracket selected: jump to the matching closing or opening bracket
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- on numeric keyboard Collapse / Expand current method or class
Ctrl+[/]/Ctrl+* on numeric keyboard Collapse / Expand all methods or classes
Ctrl+Arrow Down/Ctrl+Arrow Up Scroll Editor without changing cursor position
Alt+Page Up/Alt+Page Down Next Sub-Tab / Previous Sub-Tab

Select Text

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left Expand selection by one character to the left / to the right
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left Expand selection to next / previous word
Shift+Arrow Down/Arrow Up Expand selection by one line down / one line up
Shift+End/Home Expand selection to end / to beginning of line
Ctrl+A Select all
Alt+Shift+Arrow Up Expand selection to current element (e.g. current one-line expression or content within brackets)
Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right Expand selection to next / previous element
Alt+Shift+Arrow Down Reduce previously expanded selection by one step

Edit Text

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X/Ctrl+V Cut, copy and paste
Ctrl+Z Undo last action
Ctrl+Y Redo last (undone) action
Ctrl+D Delete Line
Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down Move current line or selection up or down
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Down/ Duplicate current line or selection up or down
Ctrl+Delete Delete next word
Ctrl+Backspace Delete previous word
Shift+Enter Enter line below current line
Shift+Ctrl+Enter Enter line above current line
Insert Switch between insert and overwrite mode
Shift+Ctrl+Y Change selection to all lower case
Shift+Ctrl+X Change selection to all upper case

Search and Replace

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+F Open find and replace dialog
Ctrl+K/Ctrl+Shift+K Find previous / find next occurrence of search term (close find window first)
Ctrl+H Search Workspace (Java Search, Task Search, and File Search)
Ctrl+J/Ctrl+Shift+J Incremental search forward / backwards. Type search term after pressing ctrl+j, there is now search window
Ctrl+Shift+O Open a resource search dialog to find any class

Indentions and Comments

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Tab/Shift+Tab Increase / decrease indent of selected text
Ctrl+I Correct indention of selected text or of current line
Ctrl+Shift+F Autoformat all code in Editor using code formatter
Ctrl+/ Comment / uncomment line or selection ( adds '//' )
Ctrl+Shift+/ Add Block Comment around selection ( adds '/... */' )
Ctrl+Shift+\ Remove Block Comment
Alt+Shift+J Add Element Comment ( adds '/** ... */')

Editing Source Code

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Space Opens Content Assist (e.g. show available methods or field names)
Ctrl+1 Open Quick Fix and Quick Assist
Alt+/ Propose word completion (after typing at least one letter). Repeatedly press alt+/ until reaching correct name
Ctrl+Shift+Insert Deactivate or activate Smart Insert Mode (automatic indention, automatic brackets, etc.)

Code Information

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+O Show code outline / structure
F2 Open class, method, or variable information (tooltip text)
F3 Open Declaration: Jump to Declaration of selected class, method, or parameter
F4 Open Type Hierarchy window for selected item
Ctrl+T Show / open Quick Type Hierarchy for selected item
Ctrl+Shift+T Open Type in Hierarchy
Ctrl+Alt+H Open Call Hierarchy
Ctrl+Shift+U Find occurrences of expression in current file
Ctrl+move over method Open Declaration or Implementation

Refactoring

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Alt+Shift+R Rename selected element and all references
Alt+Shift+V Move selected element to other class or file (With complete method or class selected)
Alt+Shift+C Change method signature (with method name selected)
Alt+Shift+M Extract selection to method
Alt+Shift+L Extract local variable: Create and assigns a variable from a selected expression
Alt+Shift+I Inline selected local variables, methods, or constants if possible (replaces variable with its declarations/ assignment and puts it directly into the statements)

Run and Debug

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+F11 Save and launch application (run)
F11 Debug
F5 Step Into function
F6 Next step (line by line)
F7 Step out
F8 Skip to next Breakpoint

The Rest

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+F7/Ctrl+Shift+F7 Switch forward / backward between views (panels). Useful for switching back and forth between Package Explorer and Editor.
Ctrl+F8/Ctrl+Shift+F8 Switch forward / backward between perspectives
Ctrl+P Print
F1 Open Eclipse Help
Shift+F10 Show Context Menu right click with mouse

Team (SVN Subversive)

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Alt+S Synchronize with Repository
Ctrl+Alt+C Commit
Ctrl+Alt+U Update
Ctrl+Alt+D Update to Revision
Ctrl+Alt+E Merge
Ctrl+Alt+T Show Properties
Ctrl+Alt+I Add to svn:ignore
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Date of change: 24.01.2019
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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program