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Eclipse cheat sheet

Eclipse cheat sheet

Important key combinations

Ctrl+Space: content assist
Ctrl+Shift+L: shows a list of key bindings!
Ctrl+T: Show type hierarchy
Ctrl+Shift+T: Open Type
Ctrl+Shift+H: Call hierarchy
F3: Open class/method/definition
Alt+Shift+{←↑→↓}: Java block-wise selections
Ctrl+F3: Show structure (mostly equivalent to outline)

Templates

sysout, main, for, …
Format code: Ctrl+Shift+F (I prefer looking at formatted code!)
Ctrl+1: content-aware assist (split declaration,
Ctrl+Alt+Z: surround selection with…

Source

Getters and setters: Alt+Shift+S R
Extract local variable from selection: Alt+Shift+L
Extract method from selection: Alt+Shift+M
Generate constructors: Alt+Shift+S O (fields) or Alt+Shift+S C

Refactoring

Rename: Alt+Shift+R
Refactoring menu: Alt+Shift+T