Eclipse Keyboard Shortcuts

Eclipse is one of the most popular, if not THE popular, among software developers. In this post, I will like to share some of the keyboard shortcuts that I use most often.

Also, a PDF file on the Shortcuts can be found in source-forge.net

What Is Wanted	Which Shortcut
Open / Search for resources, i.e. any. files	CTRL + SHIFT + R
Open / Search for type, i.e. any java class/file	CTRL + SHIFT + T
Open / Search for categories, e.g. views, perspectives, commands	CTRL + 3
Goto Declaration of this variable	F3 on a variable
Quickfix, depend on cursor position	CTRL + 1
Last edited position	CTRL + Q
Suggest what’s legal based on the XSD you are using.	Ctrl+Space inside a tag
see useful type hierarchy views	Hit Ctrl+T twice
See an outline of current class without going to outline view	Ctrl+O