Are you a real men (or women)? Because if you are one, Eclipse offers you the possiblity to “don’t click” Try to use the simple shortcut CTRL + 3. What happens? Eclipse opens the Quick access window:

 

Now, type what you want, for example “new xml file”, and Eclipse searches for the command, which consists of these words:

 

Also very interesting is the access to the Preferences window. Try to search for “classpath variables” or “build path”, you get direct access to these settings. Also interesting is “Generate Getters”. If you don’t know a specific shortcut, just use CTRL + 3 from now on!

 

 

 

 

1. Cool tip thanks!

   I think eclipse slowly advances to my favorite IDE. Your tips play an important role in this… keep them coming.
   By by IntelliJ IDEA

   By the way: There is another project of “Real Men dont klick”. I dont know if you are aware of it:
   http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/

   Enjoy the summer!
   j

   Comment by Jonas — 21.6.2008 @ 11:11

2. I am already heavily using the feature!

   The only thing I am missing, is that the according keyboard-shortcut is not listed alongside the commands in the list. So that I could learn how to do it even faster next time …

   Comment by Jonas — 22.6.2008 @ 09:37

3. That’s right. But you can press CTRL + SHIFT + L to list all availables Shortcuts.

   Comment by Steve J. — 22.6.2008 @ 10:22

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