Edit actions



Edit menu commands shown when a Java Editor is visible
Name
Function
Keyboard Shortcut
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 Starts the incremental find mode. After invocation, enter the search text as instructed in the status bar. Editor only. Ctrl + J
Go to Line Opens an a dialog which allows entering the line number to which the editor should jump to. Editor only. Ctrl + L
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
  • Enclosing Element: Selects the enclosing expression, block, method in the code. This action is aware of the Java syntax. It may not function properly when the code has syntax errors. (Arrow Up)
  • Next Element: Selects the current and next element. (Arrow Right)
  • Previous Element: Selects the current and the previous element (Arrow Left)
  • Restore Last Selection: After an invocation of Expand Selection to restore the previous selection. (Arrow Down)
Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys
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 > Templates) and go to the Editor preference page (Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Code Assist) for configuring the behaviour 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
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
Encoding Toggles the encoding of the currently shown text content.  


Related concepts

Java editor
Java development tools (JDT)

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Java editor
Java editor preferences
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