Edit menu commands shown when a Java Editor is visible:
Name |
Function |
Keyboard Shortcut |
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Undo |
Revert the last change in the editor |
Ctrl + Z |
Redo |
Revert an undone change |
Ctrl + Y |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Expand Selection to |
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Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys |
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 context assist dialog at the current cursor position to bring up Java code assist proposals and templates. See the Templates preference page for available templates (Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Templates) and go to the Java Editor preference page (Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Code Assist) for configuring the behavior of code assist. | Ctrl + Space |
Quick Fix | If the cursor is located at a location with problem indication this opens a context assist dialog at the current cursor to present possible corrections. | Ctrl + 1 |
Parameter Hints | If the cursor is located at the parameter specification for method reference, this actions shows a hover with parameter types information.The parameter at the current cursor location is shown in bold. | Ctrl + Shift + Space |
Encoding | Toggles the encoding of the currently shown text content. |
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