Android Eclipse KeyBoard Shortcuts

Android Eclipse Keyboard Shortcuts

The Eclipse IDE provide certain keyboard shortcuts to the following actions.Lets examine what all are the various shortcuts.

NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS 

Shortcut	Description
Control + Shift+ R	Open / Search for resources, e.g. files
Control + Shift + T	Open / Search for Types
Control + F8	Shortcut for switching perspectives
Control + E	Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors
Alt + ← or Alt + →	Go to previous/ next editor position in history
F3	Go to the declaration of this variable
Ctrl-PageUp/PageDown	Switch to previous/next editor
Control + Shift + P	Go to the matching bracket

SEARCH SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Control + .	Open / Search for resources, e.g. files
Control+ ,	Open / Search for Types
Control+ J ,  Control + K	Shortcut for switching perspectives
Control + Shift + G	Allows to select an editor from the currently open editors
F4 on a variable	Go to previous/ next editor position in history

EDITING SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + Alt + Z	Wrap the select block of code into a block, e.g. try/catch.
Ctrl + Q	Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor.
Ctrl + Shift + O	Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods.
Ctrl + Shift + F	Format source code
Ctrl + M	Maximize Java editor
F12	Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views).
Ctrl + O	Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods.
Ctrl + T	Show the inheritance tree of the current Java class
Ctrl + Space	Content assist/ code completion
Ctrl + 1	Quickfix; result depending on cursor position

RUNNING PROGRAM SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + F11	Run last launched
Alt + Shift + X - J	Run current selected class as Java application

ARROW KEY SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + Left	Wrap the select block of code into a block, e.g. try/catch.
Ctrl + Right	Go to position the cursor at the last changed position in the editor.
Ctrl + Alt + Up/Down	Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods.
Alt + Up / Down	Format source code
Alt + Shift Up / Down	Maximize Java editor
Alt + Shift Up / Down / Left / Right	Focuses on the editor (especially helpful if you work with Fast Views).
Ctrl + Up / Down	Show all methods of the current class, press Ctrl + O again to show the inherited methods.

DELETE SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + BACKSPACE	Delete previous element
Ctrl + DEL	Delete next element
Ctrl + Shift + DEL	Delete until end of line
Ctrl + D	Deletes line

VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + 2, L	Assign statement to new local variable
Ctrl + 2, F	Assign statement to new field

CODING SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Shift + F2	Show the Javadoc for the selected type / class / method
Alt+Shift + N + Letter	Type shortcut for the command, e.g. njc to create a new Java class or npip to create a new Plugin project
Alt + Shift +  Z	Surround block with try and catch

REFACTORING SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Alt + Shift + R	Rename
Ctrl+2, R	Rename locally (in file), faster then Alt + Shift + R
Alt + Shift + T	Opens the quick refactoring menu

MUST KNOWN SHORTCUTS

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + S	Saves current editor
Ctrl + 1	Quickfix; shows potential fixes for warnings, errors or shows possible actions
Ctrl + Space	Content assist/ code completion
Ctrl + Q	Goes to the last edited position
Ctrl+ D	Deletes current line in the editor
Ctrl + Shift + O	Adjusts the imports statements in the current Java source file
Ctrl + 2, L or F	Assign statement to new local variable or field
Ctrl + Shift + T	Open Type Dialog
Ctrl + O	Shows quick outline of a class
Ctrl + F11	Run last launched application
Ctrl + 2, L or F	Shows quick outline of a class