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1. Click (memorize) in a memorizable table below, to begin a flashcard-like process ♦ Try clicking (memorize) in both columns (to decide which side to start with) 2. Guess the answer in your head 3. Click the buttons and follow the directions at the bottom of the table See Help for more detailed directions

Summary

This page is intended to help you memorize keyboard shortcuts for Eclipse, the popular Java-based IDE / Platform.

Searching/Navigating

Simple and very useful searching and navigationg shortcuts.

 

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Incremental Find	Ctrl-J (then type search string)
Find Next (first select some text)	Ctrl-K
Jump to last edit	Ctrl-Q
Quick Outline	Ctrl-O
Open Type (jump to class)	Ctrl-Shift-T
Open Resource (jump to any file)	Ctrl-Shift-R

Editing

Most common editing shortcuts.

 

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Auto-completion (code-based)	Ctrl-space
Word-completion (text-based)	Alt-/
Comment line (or lines)	Ctrl-/
Format code	Ctrl-Shift-F
Delete current line	Ctrl-D
Duplicate lines	Ctrl-Alt-Down

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Navigating

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Show next error	Ctrl-. (period)
Jump to opened file (by name)	Ctrl-E (or try Ctrl-Shift-E)
Jump to opened file (by position)	Ctrl-F6
Next method (or member)	Ctrl-Shift-Down
Show file in...	Alt-Shift-W
Incremental Find (backward)	Ctrl-Shift-J

Editing II

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Activate editor	F12
Moving a line or block down (or up)	Alt-down (or Alt-up)
Organize Imports	Ctrl-Shift-O
Move Lines Down	Alt-Down
Move a line up or down	Alt-up, Alt-down
Quick Fix	Ctrl-1

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Navigating II

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Find references	Ctrl-Shift-G
Go to matching bracket	Ctrl-Shift-P
Open external javadoc	Shift-F2
Open call hierarchy for method	Ctrl-Alt-H
Go to previous error	Ctrl-, (comma)
Move to next editor error	Ctrl-+

Editing III

Description (memorize)	Key (memorize)
Insert new line below current line	Shift-Enter
Converting to lowercase or uppercase	Ctrl-Shift-Y and Ctrl-Shift-X
Show a view	Alt-Shift-Q (dialog will pop up)
Quick quotes	Ctrl-Shift-Q
Scroll down (or up) one line	Ctrl-Down (or Ctrl-Up)
Insert javadoc comment	Ctrl-Shift-J

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