This document provides an overview of tips and tricks for the Eclipse IDE. It discusses how to configure workspaces, navigate code, code more efficiently using features like quick assist and templates, work with Java 8 and newer features, perform searches, debug code using various features, and view active keyboard shortcuts. The document also mentions finding additional tips and tricks in the Eclipse help menu.

1. Eclipse Tips & Tricks
Lakshmi P Shanmugam
lshanmug@in.ibm.com
Eclipse Platform Committer & Co-lead
IBM India

2. How to quickly find
something in the Eclipse IDE?

3. Quick Access
Ctrl+3

4. Overview
➡ Configuring your workspace
➡ Code navigation
➡ Coding
➡ Java 8 & beyond
➡ Search
➡ Debugging
➡ Spies

5. Configuring your
Workspace

6. ➡ Give the workspace a name
➡ Import from existing installation
➡ Copy preferences from existing
workspace
➡ Working Sets
Workspace configuration

7. Code Navigation

8. Open Implementation
Ctrl + Hover
View Source
Shift + Hover
View Javadoc
Ctrl + Shift + Hover

9. Quick Outline
Ctrl + O
In-place Outline
Ctrl + F3
Quick Switch Editor
Ctrl + E

10. Coding

11. Coding
➡ Quick Assist
➡ Replace or Insert in content assist proposal
➡ Templates
➡ Type Filters
➡ Splitting the editor
➡ Autosave

12. Java 8 & Beyond

13. Java 8
➡ Convert anonymous class to lambda
& vice-versa
➡ Convert lambda to method reference
and vice-versa

14. Java 9 & newer
➡ Convert to Modular project
➡ Configure Module properties

15. Search

16. Search
➡ Find variables with read/write access
➡ Find methods with a specific return
type
➡ Filter results from the Search view

17. Debugging

18. Debugging
➡ Show return value from Step operation
➡ Trace point action
➡ Trigger point
➡ Run to line
➡ Debug Shell
➡ Launch Group

19. Spies

20. Plug-in Spy
Alt + Shift + F1
Plug-in Menu Spy
Alt + Shift + F2
Layout Spy
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F9

21. How to find all the
eclipse shortcuts?

22. Show Active Keybindings
Ctrl + Shift + L

23. Where to find the
tips & tricks?

24. Help > Tips and Tricks

25. Thank You!

26. Questions?