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The Ctrl+E and Ctrl+F6 bindings are triggering similar dialogs, to choose one between open editor tabs. The Ctrl+E "filtered" (Intelli-J style) dialog is persistent after releasing the Ctrl key, and you can filter the list with text and wildcards. The Ctrl+F6 "legacy" can only cycle between opened editor tabs, but the dialog disappears when releasing the Ctrl key. It is not intuitive. We should - bind Ctrl-F6 to the same command that triggers the "filtered" dialog. - remove the Ctrl+E binding (exactly the same as in Intelli-J) And, if not API, - remove the extra code related to the "legacy" dialog.
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Even though I would not yet remove Ctrl+E binding... People might be used to it.
Hi Patrik, Please don't remove Ctrl+E binding. Ctrl+E binding is much easier to hit than Ctrl+F6. For me, Ctrl+F6 is difficult to press because I have to look at the keyboard to find the F6 key. People like me might already develop the habit of using Ctrl+E to switch editors.
(In reply to Hugh Yang from comment #3) > Hi Patrik, > > Please don't remove Ctrl+E binding. Ctrl+E binding is much easier to hit > than Ctrl+F6. For me, Ctrl+F6 is difficult to press because I have to look > at the keyboard to find the F6 key. People like me might already develop the > habit of using Ctrl+E to switch editors. I think is confusing using two different bindings for the same command. I agree with you that is easier pressing Ctrl+E. I'd vote for keeping Ctrl+F6, as the shortcut is there since a long time and it is connected to Ctrl+F7 (switch perspective) Adding also Dani in c/c as he might be interested as well.
Maybe we can just leave Ctrl+F6 there as it is, as Ctrl+F6 style of switching editors is consistent with Ctrl+F7 (switching views) and Ctrl+F8 (switching perspective).
Created attachment 263127 [details] Ctrl+F6 and Ctrl+Shift+F6 Just had a look at eclipse help manual, it indicates Ctrl+F6 and Ctrl+Shift+F6 can be used together: Ctrl+F6: Next Editor Ctrl+Shift+F6: Previous Editor Ctrl+F7: Next View Ctrl+Shift+F7: Previous View Ctrl+F8: Next Perspective Ctrl+Shift+F8: Previous Perspective Although I use Ctrl+F6 rarely, I think we can just leave it there since it is in accordance with Ctrl+F7 and Ctrl+F8.
Eclipse 3.x had a strong distinction between Editor and Views - Ctrl(+Shift)+F6: switch between all editors in the current perspective - Ctrl(+Shift)+F7: switch between all views in the current perspective - Ctrl(+Shift)+F7: switch between perspectives Eclipse 4.x allows also putting Views in the central part stack (Editor area) - Ctrl+(Shift)+E: switch between all editor/views in the current part stack, using a text to filter among the items to select. And, note there is also another binding to switch between tabs - Ctrl+PagUp(PagDown): switch next (previous) tab in any TabFolder, so it is not limited to Parts (editors/views) All the above commands are covering different areas and are not replaceable each other. Hence, I'm closing this bug as wontfix.
The WONTFIX was overthrown a few weeks later, see bug 368977 and its dependency tree of regressions. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368977 ***
