Eclipse Shortcuts

Below is the category-wise list of commonly used shortcuts in Eclipse IDE. 

Learning and using them in day to day programming while using Eclipse will definitely make you a smarter developer and save your time as well!!

Working With Files:

Ctrl + N	Create New Project, File etc.
Ctrl + S	Save File
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save All Files
Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4	Close File
Ctrl + Shift + W or  Ctrl + Shift + F4	Close All Files

Search/Find/Replace:

Ctrl + F	Displays Find/ Replace dialog
Ctrl + H	Displays search dialog (file/java/C/C++/git search)
Ctrl + K	Find Occurrences of selected text in file

Navigation:

Ctrl + F8	Switch Perspective
Ctrl + Shift + R	Open any Resource (file, folder, project etc.)
Ctrl + E	Displays list of open editors. Allows search within list
F12	Move focus to editor window
Alt + Left arrow   or Ctrl+Page Up	Switch to previous editor window
Alt +Right arrow  or Ctrl+Page Down	Switch to next editor window
Ctrl + F10	To get options of show/hide line no,show quick diff, toggle/disable breakpoint
Ctrl + Left arrow	moves cursor left by one element in current line
Ctrl + Right arrow	moves cursor right by one element in current line
Ctrl + Up arrow	Scroll up in editor
Ctrl + Down arrow	Scroll down in editor
Ctrl +Shift + Left arrow	Extend selection to left by one element
Ctrl +Shift + Right arrow	Extend selection to right by one element
Ctrl +Shift + Up arrow	Moves cursor to previous method
Ctrl+ Shift+ Down arrow	Moves cursor to next method
Ctrl + Shift + P	For a selected bracket,moves cursor to matching opening/closing bracket
Alt + Up arrow	Moves selected line up in file
Alt + Down arrow	Moves selected line down in file

Assistance while coding:

F3	Goes to implementation of selected class/method
F4	Opens type hierarchy window for selected class
Ctrl + L	Go to a particular line
Ctrl + O	Displays structure of current class  (methods,instance variables etc.)
Ctrl + T	Displays inheritance tree of selected class or method
Ctrl + M	Maximize or restore current editor window
Ctrl + Shift + T	Search for a particular file
Ctrl + Space	Assistance in code completion
Ctrl + Shift + O	Adds missing import statements
Alt + Shift + R	Rename selected element (project/source folder/resource/ package/compilation unit/method/variables etc.)

Add/Remove Comments:

Ctrl + /	Toggle comment(comment/uncomment  selected piece of code using '//')
Ctrl + Shift + /	Comment selected piece of code  using block comment (/*.....*/)
Ctrl + Shift+ \	Removes block comment around selection
Alt + Shift + J	Generate Element Comment

 

Debug/Run:

F11	Debug
Ctrl + F11	Run
F5	(Inside Debug perspective) Step Into
F6	(Inside Debug perspective) Step Over
F7	(Inside Debug perspective) Step Out
F8	(Inside Debug perspective) Jump to next  breakpoint or watchpoint

Breakpoint:

Ctrl + Shift + B

Toggle breakpoint for a selected line

Deletion:

Ctrl + D	Deletes current line
Ctrl + Del	Deletes word next to cursor position
Ctrl + Backspace	Deletes word previous to cursor position

Indentions:

Ctrl + i	Correct indentions of selected lines
Tab	Increase indent of selected lines
Shift + Tab	Decrease indent of selected lines

General Editing:

Ctrl  +  C	Copy
Ctrl  +  X	Cut
Ctrl  +  V	Paste
Ctrl  +  Z	Undo
Ctrl  +  Y	Redo
Ctrl  +  A	Select All