This is a collection of Eclipse shortcuts I use often:
Mange Files and Projects
- Alt+Enter: Show file properties of file open in the editor.
- Ctrl+S: Save the current file.
- Ctrl+Shift+S: Save all open files.
- Ctrl+W: Close the current file.
- Ctrl+Shift+W: Close all open files.
- F5: Refresh selected workspace element with the local file system.
Editor window:
- Ctrl+E: Show list of files open in the editor. The popup can be navigated with the arrow keys and enter to switch file.
- Ctrl+Shift+E: Similar to Ctrl+E but a dialog.
- Ctrl+M: Maximize the active window. Hit Ctrl+M to restore the original size. This works for all types of windows not only the editor.
- Alt+Arrow Left and Alt+Arrow Right: Go to previous and go to next file in the editor window.
- F12: Jump to the editor window.
Edit source code:
- Ctrl+Space: Code completion.
- Ctrl+/: Comment out the current line or if multiple lines are selected comment out all the selected lines. To uncomment the lines select the lines and hit Ctrl+/ again.
- Ctrl+Shift+/: Add block comment around selection.
- Ctrl+Shift+\: Remove block comment around selection.
- Als+Shift+J: Add element comment.
Refactoring:
- Alt+Shift+R: Rename the selected element and all references.
Errors:
- Ctrl+-: Go to the next error in the current editor.
- F2: Show the error for the position under the cursor.
Run:
- Shift+Alt+X S: Run a Scala application. Displays a popup menu with possible execution commands and runs the Scala application. A source file with main method must be open in the current editor.
- Ctrl-F11: Launch the application. A source file with main method must be open in the current editor or alternatively Eclipse must be configured to run the last application.
Search and navigate source code:
- Ctrl+3: Search all commands available. Try typing “git”. Pretty cool, right?
- Ctrl+Shift+R: Quickly search for all file names that contain a certain term in projects open in the workspace. Easy to quickly find some source file.
- Ctrol+O: Display a quick outline with all the definitions in the current editor.
- F3: Navigate to the definition of the variable/class/type under the cursor.