Eclipse Cheat Sheet

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Core Generate

Ctrl+1 Quickfix Alt+⇧S​hift+S, R Generate Getters and Setters

Ctrl+3 Open "​Quick Access​" search

Movement
Ctrl+␣ Content Assist

Alt+⇧S​hift+Z Surround with (do, for, if, try, ..) Alt+↑/↓ Move current line or selection up or down

Ctrl+Z Undo Ctrl+←/→ Jump one word to the left / right

Ctrl+⇧​Shift+Z Redo Ctrl+⇧Shift+↑/↓ Jump to previous / next method

Ctrl+L Jump to Line Number. To hide/show line

Testing numbers, press Ctrl+F10 and select 'Show Line
Numbers'
Alt+⇧S​hift+X, T execute Tests
Ctrl+Q Jump to last location edited
Ctrl+R execute Tests moreUnit
Ctrl+./, Jump to next / previous warning or error
Ctrl+J jump to test or implem​ent​ation moreUnit
Ctrl+↑ Scroll up

Comment Ctrl+↓ Scroll down

Ctrl+⇧​Sh​​ift+P Go to the matching bracket

Ctrl+/ Comment / uncomment line or selection (adds '//')
Alt+⇧S​h​i​ft+↑/↓ Select the previous / next syntac​tical element
Ctrl+⇧​​Sh​ift+7 Add Block Comment around selection (adds '/... */')
Alt+⇧Sh​ift+↑/↓/←/→ Extending / reducing the selection of the previous
Ctrl+​​⇧Sh​ift+ß Remove Block Comment
/ next syntac​tical element
Alt+⇧S​hift+J Add Element Comment (adds '/** ... */' JavaDoc)
Tip: Use bookmarks. Add them on left margin of the code view (where

Text Editing you set the breakp​oints) with "​right click → Add bookma​rk". Add the
Bookma​rks​-View (Window → Show View → Bookma​rks).
Ctrl+⇧Shift+Y lowercase selected text

Ctrl+⇧​Shift+X uppercase selected text Selection

Ctrl+D Delete line Alt+⇧S​hift+↑ Expand selection to current element

Ctrl+⇧Shift+Del Delete until end of line Alt+⇧S​hift+↓ Reduce previously expanded selection by one step
Ctrl+Del Delete next element

Ctrl+⌫ Delete previous element Search / Inform​ation

Ctrl+A​lt+↓/↑ Copy line below/​above Ctrl+⇧​Shift+ Open Type

T
Alt+/ Propose word completion - after typing at least one
letter. Repeatedly press until reaching correct name Ctrl+⇧​Shift+ Open Type In Hierarchy
H
Alt+⇧S​h​ift+A Column (block) selection, Multiline block editing

⇧Sh​if​t+Enter Adds a blank line below the current line Ctrl+⇧​Shift+ Open Resource
R
Ctrl+⇧​Sh​​ift​+Ent Adds a blank line above the current line
Ctrl+O Show Outline (second press shows the inherited
er
members)

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Search / Inform​ation (cont) Cleanup

F2 Open class, method or variable inform​ation (tooltip text) Ctrl+⇧​Shift+O Organize Imports

F3 Open Declar​ation: Jump to Declar​ation of selected Ctrl+⇧​Shift+F Format Source

class, method or parameter
Ctrl+I Intend selected source
F4 Open Type Hierarchy window for selected item Ctrl+⇧​Shift+M Add Import / also static imports
Ctrl+T Show Quick Type Hierarchy (toggles between
supertypes and subtypes when pressed again) Refact​oring

Ctrl+U Find occurr​ences of expression in current file Alt+⇧S​hift+R Rename Element

Ctrl+mouse Open Declar​ation or Implem​ent​ation Ctrl+2, R Rename locally (in file), faster than Alt+⇧S​hift+R
over method
Alt+⇧S​hift+L Extract to local variable
Ctrl+⇧Shift+L List of shortcuts (depending on the context)
Alt+⇧S​hift+M Extract to method
Ctrl+⇧​S​h​if​t+␣ Method cursor is located at the parameter
Alt+⇧S​hift+T Opens the contex​t-s​ens​itive refact​oring menu
Parameter specif​​ic​ation for method reference
Hints Alt+⇧S​hift+R Rename

Ctrl+⇧Shift+G Search workspace for references to selected method or Alt+⇧S​hift+V Move

variable Alt+⇧S​hift+C Change Method Signature
Ctrl+G Search workspace for declar​ations of to the item under Alt+⇧S​hift+M Extract Method
the cursor
Alt+⇧S​hift+L Extract Local Variable
Ctrl+F Quick search
Alt+⇧S​hift+I Inline
Alt+↵ Show properties (in Package or Project Explorer)

Editor Window

F12 Jump to Editor Window

Ctrl+P​gDn​/ Next / previous Editor - in theorder of their tabs in the

PgUp editor area

Ctrl+M Maximize or un-max​imize current Editor Window

Ctrl+E Show list of open Editors. Use arrow keys and enter to
switch

Alt+←/→ Backward / Forward editor navigation history

Alt+- Open Editor Window Option menu

Ctrl+F6 Next Editor - if released it immedi​ately, Eclipse will take you

to the last active editor

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Editor Window (cont) Templates (Java → Editor → Templates) (cont)

Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+F6 Previous Editor sysout, syserr, systrace Creates System.out...

Ctrl+E Quick Switch Editor strf Format string here

Alt+F7 Multipage editor - next Page if if null/if not null

Alt+⇧S​hift+F7 Multipage editor - previous Page for iterate over map

Ctrl+- Toogle Split Editor old: Ctrl+_ static​_final static final field
(Horiz​ontal) - since before junit before method
Luna
after junit after method
Ctrl+< Toogle Split Editor old: Ctrl+{
before​class junit before​class method
(Vertical) - since Luna

Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+​"N Collapse all code blocks afterclass junit afterclass method

um Keypad /" quote surround selection with quotes here

Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+​"N Open all code blocks Tip: It is possible to select text and use completion (Ctrl+␣) including
um Keypad *"
typing of template name
⇧Shift (and Show source (in settings: Window →
hover over tooltip) Prefer​ences → Java → Editor Changed Eclipse Keybin​dings
element) → Hovers
Windows → Prefer​ences → General → Keys
Required modifi​cations due to the german QWERTZ keyboard layout:
Outline View
1. Add Block Comment - new: Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+7, old: Ctrl+⇧​S​h​ift+/
Reorder class members Disable "Sort Order" - otherwise not 2. Remove Block Comment - new: Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+ß, old: Ctrl+⇧​S​h​ift+\
with Drag & Drop possible
3. Toogle Split Editor (Horiz​​ontal) - new: Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+-, old: Ctrl+_
Automatic reorde​ring: Select the class, 4. Toogle Split Editor (Vertical) - new: Ctrl+⇧​Shi​ft+​<, old: Ctrl+{
Source → Sort Members Update 12/2016: had to add ⇧Shift to 3. and 4. because of new Eclipse
Neon Zoom functionality with Ctrl+-
Package / Project Explorer

Alt+F5 Maven → Update Project... Project Specific Config​uration

1. Import project Java formatter config​ura​tion

Problems View
Configure to view only warnings
and errors associated with a
particular resource or group of
resources
Templates (Java → Editor → Templates)
Problems View - Configure Contents
e.g. select "on any element in same
projec​t" to restrict to current selected
project
2. Download Chec​kstyle config​ura​tion file from sonar server and
reference the config file as a file resource url
3. Download Findbugs config​ura​tion file from sonar server and add the
config file under "​include filter files"
4. Download PMD config​ura​tion file from sonar server and first "​clear
all" existing rules and then import the config file

test Created test method Plugins

for Creates for loop
Testing Support moreUnit
new Creates new instance
Infinitest
try Creates try..catch
Test Coverage EclEmma

Source Code Analyzer FindBugs

Checkstyle

PMD Update-Site

Usus

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Plugins (cont) XUbuntu specific Config​uration Changes

 SonarCube or Ignore certain warnings with Delete following keybin​dings in XFCE Settings → Window Manager →
SonarLint //NOSONAR or Keyboa​rd:
@Suppr​ess​War​nin​gs(​"​squ​id:​S0 1. Ctrl+A​lt+↓/↑
0​112​") 2. Ctrl+F6
Refact​oring JDeodorant 3. Alt+F5

Subversion Subclipse
Eclipse Team
If running IBus​-Ap​plet delete keybinding definition for "​Ctr​l+S​pac​e"
Provider
(Content Assist) in IBus-S​ettings
Plugin

use Subclipse instead of Subversive because it is much

faster Use gnom​e-c​olo​r-c​hoo​ser and change options:
use JavaHL native/JNI provider 1. This only works for Eclipse < 4.5, because Eclipse Mars 4.5 and
higher uses GTK3 by default (gtkrc-2.0 settings will not be used).
Task based Mylyn
working You can force Eclipse 4.5 and higher to use GTK2 with the following
export or change GTK3 theme options: export SWT_GTK3=0
Nice: Task-focused Change Sets
2. Tooltip colors (backg​round: yellow, foregr​ound: black)
Subclipse includes an optional Mylyn connector 3. Global colors → Input field selected (foreg​round: black)
JavaDoc JAutoDoc

Maven M2Eclipse (m2e)

Disable "​pin​k/p​urple highli​ght​s" in Xubuntu 14.10 and higher: disable
integr​ation
custom hightl​igh​t-color in gtk-​the​me-​con​fig
add needed m2e m2e project config​urators for
connec​tors. follow Eclipse WTP
Settings
pom.xml
hints/​pro​blems. e.g: show "." files in "P​ackage Explorer → View Menu → Filters →
package uncheck .*" or "​Package Explorer → Customize
m2e connector for
explorer View… → Filters → uncheck .*"
build-​hel​per​-ma​ven​-plugin

m2e connector for the Eclipse Package Link file to package explorer
JDT Compiler Explorer Option
"Link with
m2e connector for the Maven
editor​"
Dependency Plugin
Favorites Windows → Prefer​ences → Java → Editor → x¹
Groovy​-Ec​lipse m2e
Imports Content Assist → Favorites, New Type...
integr​ation
Add types for Assertion library Hamcrest and/or
Decompiler Eclipse Class Decompiler
AssertJ, Mockito and JUnit-​Assert

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Settings (cont) Settings (cont)

Show line numbers Window → Prefer​ences → General → Editors → Formatter Window → Prefer​ences → Java here
Text Editors → "Show line number​s" Options → Code Style → Formatter →
Off/On Tags for
Show print margin Window → Prefer​ences → General → Editors →
Text Editors → "Show print margin​" //@for​mat​ter:off and
//@for​mat​ter​:on
Paste multiline Window → Prefer​ences → Java → Editor → Typing
strings → "​Escape text when pasting into a string litera​l" Check the Never join lines here
preference accessible on the
Import code x²
Line Wrapping and the
templates
Comments tabs of the Java
collection
Formatter preference page
Import code x²
template Improve Window → Prefer​ences → Valida​tion, Disable All

"​sur​round with Perfor​manc

quotes" e

Add -Xve​rif​y:n​one to tell the VM not to

MoreUnit Test source folder: "​src​/te​st/​jav​a"
eclips​e.ini validated all the .class
Config​uration
files it is loading
Test Type: "​Jun​it4​"
Window → Prefer​ences remove plugins not
uncheck "Use test-p​refix for test-m​eth​ods​"
→General → Startup and needed
Rule for naming test files → Pattern: ${srcF​ile​} Shutdown
(T​est​|IT​|IT​Case)
increase -Xms and -Xmx heap e.g. -Xms512m -
if you have legacy tests with Test prefix:Rule for memory options (start and max) Xmx2048m
naming test files → Pattern: (Test)​${s​rcF​ile​} in eclipse.ini
(T​est​|IT​|IT​Case)
increase -XX:MaxPermSize e.g. -
option (if java < 1.8) XX:MaxPermSize=512m

Enable Window → Prefer​ences → Java set to Warning and

inform​ative → Compiler → Errors​/Wa​rnings keep sub checkboxes
Eclipse checked (if any)
Compiler
Warnings

Potential Program
​ ming Potential resource leak
problems

Unnec​essary code Value of parameter is

not used

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Settings (cont) Settings (cont)

Unused type parameter Code Style • "Use blocks in if/whi​le/​for/do statem​ent​s"

Unnece​ssary declar​ation of • Use lambda where if you use Java

thrown exception possible >= 8
Unnece​ssary 'else' statement Add final modifier to • Add final modifier to private fields
Unnece​ssary cast of private fields*
'insta​nceof' operation • Add final modifier to local parameter
Generic types Redundant type arguments • Add final modifier to local variables
(1.7 and higher)
Unused Code • Remove unused imports
Annot​ations Unhandled token in
• Add missing '@Over​ride' annota​tions
'@Supp​res​sWa​rnings' set to
"I​gno​re" • Add missing '@Over​ride' annota​tions to
impleme
​ nt​ations of interface methods
Null analysis Redundant null check
• Add missing '@Depr​ecated' annota​tions
Indent Window → Prefer​ences → Select "​Indent using spaces​"
• Remove unnece​ssary casts
using XML Files → Editor and set "​Ind​ent​ation Size: 4"
spaces • Remove unnecessary '$NON-NLS$' tags

Window → Prefer​ences → Set "​Dis​played tab width: 4" Limit maximum Window → Prefer​ences → General → Editors
General → Editors → Text and select "​Insert spaces for number of open editors
Editors tabs"
check "​Close editors automa​tic​all​y"
Save Window → Prefer​ences →Java →Editor → Save Actions
choose value (e.g. 20) for "​Number of opened
Actions
editors before closin​g"
check "​Perform the selected actions on save"

check "​Format source code", "​Format all lines"

check "​Org​anize import​s"

check "​Add​itional action​s" and add the follow​ing:

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Settings (cont)
JDT Window → Prefer​ences →
Core/Null Java → Compiler →
Analysis Errors​/Wa​rnings, Section
to avoid Null analysis
NPEs
check "Enable annotation-
based null analysis"
Maven Window → Prefer​ences → Maven → User Interface
check "Open XML page in
the POM editor by defaul​t"
JUnit Window → Prefer​ences →
Java → JUnit enable "Add
'ea' to VM arguments when
creating new JUnit launch
config​ura​tio​n"
Show Window → Prefer​ences →
heap General
memory
status
Enable Window → Prefer​ences →
"Quick General → Editors → Text
Diff" Editors → Quick Diff
x¹: TDD-Style mockito: org.mockito.Mockito, BDD-Style mockito:
org.mockito.BDDMockito, org.junit.Assert, org.hamcrest.Matchers,
org.assertj.core.api.Assertions
x²: Java → Editor → Templates
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if you use Java < 8 (cannot use
Optional) and cannot use
Guava Optional e.g. for legacy
projects
you can use the Eclipse
annotations, the JSR-305
annotations (old), custom ones
or the JSR-308 annotations
from Checker Framework
Reas​on: show pom.xml
source code is faster than
loading the "​Ove​rvi​ew" tab all
the time
enable JVM assertions by
default
enable "Show heap status​"
enable checkboxes and select
correct reference source option
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General
Refresh all In Package Explorer Ctrl+A, F5
Projects (with
some closed in
between)
Use Working Package Explorer → open the drop-down menu →
Sets for better Select Working Set
perfor​mance
If Ctrl+⇧​S​h​ift+R and Ctrl+⇧​S​h​ift+T does not reflect
active Working Set check the small arrow on the top
right of the dialogue to select Working Set
Troubl​esh​ooting Projects
Maven try without eclipse [Project] → Properties →
dependency project resolu​tion Maven
issues
uncheck "​​Re​solve
depend​​encies from Workspace
projec​​ts​" to check with jars
from local ~/.m2 repository
instead of eclipse projects
within worksp​ace​/wo​rki​ngset
clean projects don't mix usage of maven CLI
and m2e eclipse plugin
if mixed - make a mvn
eclips​e:c​lean (CLI) and
import again in eclipse
Error message The find project with .clas​spath
archive: file where old/wrong jar is
<pa​th_​to_​jar​_fi​le> referenced
which is
referenced by the
classpath, does
not exist.
make a mvn
eclips​e:c​lean (CLI) and
import again in eclipse
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Troubl​esh​ooting Projects (cont)

you can use this command to search for the projects refere​ncing old jar:
find -name '.clas​spath' -exec grep -Hin
'examp​le-​1.2.3.jar' {} \;

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