Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Tips on Improving Productivity with Eclipse


For many tasks Eclipse IDE provides a key board shortcut of some type. When working with medium to large projects, I find using keyboard shortcuts to be a significant time saver. They let me find or get things done very fast. Compared to using a menu option or using the mouse, key board shortcuts can improve one's productivity.

ShortCutWhat it Does
F3Open Declaration
CTRL + SPACEAuto Complete
CTRL + DDelete current Line
CTRL + GSearch for declaration in Workspace (after highligting a word)
CTRL + LJump to Line Number
CTRL + OQuick Code Outline/ Structure
CTRL + TOpen Heirarchy
CTRL + ESwicth Editor
CTRL + QLast Edit Location
CTRL + SHIFT + ROpen Resource
CTRL + SHIFT + IInspect (Evaluate an expression while in debug mode)
CTRL + SHIFT + PFind matching brace
CTRL + SHIFT + LKey Assist

Bonus Tip
Double clicking to the immediate right of an opening brace selects all the code between two braces.

Feel free to add any more shortcuts in the comments.

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