Edit menu commands shown when a Java Editor is visible:
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Name |
Function |
Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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Undo |
Revert the last change in the editor |
Ctrl + Z |
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Redo |
Revert an undone change |
Ctrl + Y |
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Cut |
Copies the currently selected text or element to the clipboard and removes the element. On elements, the remove is not performed before the clipboard is pasted. |
Ctrl + X |
|
Copy |
Copies the currently selected text or elements to the clipboard |
Ctrl + C |
|
Copy Qualified Name |
Copies the fully qualified name of the currently selected element to the clipboard |
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Paste |
Paste the current content as text to the editor, or as a sibling or child element to the a currently selected element. |
Ctrl + V |
| Delete | Delete the current text or element selection. | Delete |
| Select All | Select all the editor content.. | Ctrl + A |
| Expand Selection To |
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Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys |
| Find / Replace | Open the Find / Replace dialog. Editor only. | Ctrl + F |
| Find Next | Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text. Editor only. | Ctrl + K |
| Find Previous | Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text. Editor only. | Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Incremental Find Next | Starts the incremental find mode. After invocation, enter the search text as instructed in the status bar. Editor only. | Ctrl + J |
| Incremental Find Previous | Starts the incremental find mode. After invocation, enter the search text as instructed in the status bar. Editor only. | Ctrl + Shift + J |
| Add Bookmark | Add a bookmark to the current text selection or selected element. | |
| Add Task | Add a user defined task to the current text selection or selected element. | Alt + Enter |
| Smart Insert Mode | Toggles the Insert Mode. When smart insert mode is disabled, typing aids like automatic indentation, closing of brackets etc. are disabled. | Ctrl + Shift + Insert |
| Show Tooltip Description | Shows the value of a hover that would appear at the current cursor location. The dialog shown is scrollable and does not shorten descriptions. | F2 |
| Content Assist |
Opens a content assist dialog at the current cursor position.
By default content assist supports five different categories of
proposals.
See the Java Editor preference page (Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Code Assist) for configuring the behavior of code assist and the contents of the Default proposal category. See the Templates preference page for available templates (Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Templates). |
Ctrl + Space |
| Word Completion | Proposes word completions for the current string based on all words found in any open editor. Works in all text based editors. | Alt + / |
| Quick Fix | Opens a dialog with possible solutions if the cursor is located near a problem indication. | Ctrl + 1 |
| Set Encoding | Toggles the encoding of the currently shown text content. |
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