Demo session at Eclipse Summit India 2016.

1. Noopur Gupta
Eclipse JDT/UI Committer
IBM India
noopur_gupta@in.ibm.com
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Eclipse provides a lot of powerful
features and capabilities.

3.  Tips and Tricks
 Java 8 Tooling
 Keyboard Shortcuts
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4.  Toggle Full Screen
Window > Appearance > Toggle Full Screen (Alt+F11)
 Hide / Show Toolbar
Window > Appearance > Hide / Show Toolbar
 Zoom in Text Editors
• Zoom In: Ctrl + + (or) Ctrl + =
• Zoom Out: Ctrl + -
• Pinch gestures on touch-enabled devices
 Abbreviate Package Names with Custom Rules
Window > Preferences > Java > Appearance > Abbreviate package names
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5.  In-place Outline (Ctrl + F3)
To pop up an in-place outline of the element at cursor position.
 Externalized Strings
Ctrl + Click on key in .properties file to find referencing code.
 Bookmarks
• Right-click on left editor pane > Add Bookmark… (OR) Edit > Add Bookmark…
• Bookmarks view
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6.  Show Annotations
To determine who last modified a line of code and when.
Right-click on left editor pane > Show Annotations
 Plug-in Spy
• Alt + Shift + F1 – Plug-in Selection Spy
• Alt + Shift + F2 – Plug-in Menu Spy
 Plug-in Image Browser
 UI Responsiveness Monitoring
For automatic detection and logging of stack traces when Eclipse UI is unresponsive.
Window > Preferences > General > UI Responsiveness Monitoring
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7.  Content Assist Proposal – Insert or Overwrite
• Press ‘Ctrl’ to toggle while content assist is active.
• Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Content Assist > Insertion
 Block Selection Mode (Alt + Shift + A)
To edit a large number of almost identical lines at the same time.
 Split Editors
Window > Editor > Toggle Split Editor (Horizontal) / (Vertical)
 Word Wrap in Text Editors (Alt + Shift + Y)
 Auto-Save of Dirty Editors
Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Autosave
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8.  Quick fix to change a project to be compatible with Java 8
 Quick assists:
• Convert anonymous class to lambda and back
• Add inferred lambda parameter types
• Change lambda body to expression or block
• Convert lambda to method reference and back
 Clean up - Convert anonymous class to lambda and back
 View and navigate to functional method
 Search method references
 Icon adornments for interface methods
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9.  Ctrl + Shift + L – List all keyboard shortcuts
 Ctrl + Shift + L (twice): Preferences > General > Keys – Set key bindings
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Alt + Up / Down Move line(s)
Ctrl + Alt + Up / Down Copy line(s)
Ctrl + D Delete line
Ctrl + / Comment / Uncomment line
Alt + Shift + Up / Down Expand selection to enclosing element
Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down Go to previous / next member
Ctrl + Shift + P Go to matching bracket
Ctrl + Q Go to last edit location
Ctrl + PgUp / PgDn Sequentially move from one editor to next
Ctrl + E Quickly filter and switch to any editor
Close selected editor with Delete key
Ctrl + M Maximize / Minimize Editor or View
Ctrl + Shift + V Open from Clipboard

10.  Eclipse Help > Tips and Tricks…
 Eclipse Help > Welcome > What’s new
 Eclipse – New and Noteworthy
https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7/M1
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