Beginners guide to Eclipse IDE

User can navigate Eclipse user interface by using keyboard.

• Using a dialog box or view or editor associated mnemonics with controls
• Using menus and menu items with its associated mnemonics

In the Help menu click on Key Assist or shortcut keys to invoke the Key Assist in eclipse.

Eclipse-Tips & Tricks

Adding code around a block of code:
Select a block of code and clickAlt+Shift+Z that can enclose selected block of code.

Activating the Menu bar:
To activate the Menu bar click F10

Content Assist:
To see a list of suggested completions in editor click Ctrl + Space.

Creating Getters and Setters:
To open wizard that allows to generate getter and setter methods click on Source select Generate Getter and Setter

Discovering Short cut Keys:
To open a widget that shows all the shortcut keys ClickCtrl + Shift + L

Generating hashCode() and equals() methods:
To generate this methods for a Java class Go to Source select Generate hashCode() and equals()

Making a view/editor active:
To see a list of open views and editor area and switch to one of them click Ctrl+F7

Organizing Imports:
To organize all the imports clickCtrl+Shift+O

Parameter Hint:
To see a list of parameter hints when cursor is in a method argument, click Ctrl + Shift + Space

Smart Javadoc:
To automatically addes a Javadoc comment stubtype '/**' and hit Enter.

Restart Option

If eclipse window hang up, users may want to restart eclipse using this option.

To restart eclipse, go to File menu and click Restart