Keyboard Shortcuts in Eclipse SDK 2.0
The following keyboard shortcuts are used in Eclipse SDK 2.0 (including Eclipse UI, Compare, Debug, JDT and PDE plugins).
Grey items indicate a system key that cannot be used by Eclipse. Red items indicate a conflict.

If you are adding, removing or changing shortcut key assignments in the Eclipse SDK components, please advise the UI team so this table can be updated.

Last update: April 26, 2002.

Key {Key} by itself SHIFT+{Key} CTRL+{Key} CTRL+SHIFT+{Key} ALT+{Key} CTRL+ALT+{Key}
A     Edit / Select All   See Note 1 See Note 2
B     Project / Build All      
C     Edit / Copy      
D     (JDT Debug) Display      
E     (Search) Next Match; (Compare) Next Diff; (JDT editor) Next Problem (Search) Previous Match; (Compare) Previous Diff; (JDT editor) Previous Problem    
F     Edit / Find/Replace…      
G            
H     Edit / Search…      
I            
J     Edit / Incremental Find      
K     Edit / Find Next Edit / Find Previous    
L     Edit / Go to Line…      
M       (JDT editor) Add Import    
N     File / New / Other…      
O       (JDT editor) Organize Imports    
P     File / Print      
Q     (JDT Debug) Inspect      
R     (JDT Debug) Run to Line      
S     File / Save File / Save All    
T       (JDT) Open Type…    
U            
V     Edit / Paste      
W       File / Close All Saved    
X     Edit / Cut      
Y     Edit / Redo (JDT) Refactor / Redo    
Z     Edit / Undo (JDT) Refactor / Undo    
Space     (JDT editor) Content Assist   (Windows) Window menu  
Enter         File / Properties  
Backspace         (Windows) Undo (X11) Shutdown X server
Esc     (Windows) Start menu   (Windows) Next app window  
Tab (JDT editor) Shift Right (JDT editor) Shift Left     (Windows) Window switcher  
Insert   (Windows) Paste (Windows) Copy      
Delete Edit / Delete (Windows) Cut Edit / Delete      
Home            
End            
Page Up            
Page Down            
Insert            
Delete            
Hyphen (-)         Show System Menu (X11) Decrease resolution
Plus (+)           (X11) Increase resolution
Left Arrow            
Right Arrow            
Up Arrow            
Down Arrow            
F1 Help Help Help Help   (X11) Switch to console
F2 (Navigator view) Rename, (JDT) Open JavaDoc         (X11) Switch to console
F3 (JDT) Open on Selection         (X11) Switch to console
F4 (JDT) Open Type Hierarchy   File / Close File / Close All (Windows) Close window (X11) Switch to console
F5 (Navigator view) Refresh; (Properties view) Refresh; (Debug) Step Into         (X11) Switch to console
F6 (Debug) Step Over   Next Editor Previous Editor (Windows) Switch to previous window in same program (X11) Switch to console
F7 (Debug) Run to Return   Next View Previous View   (X11) Switch to console
F8 (Debug) Resume         (X11) Switch to console
F9 (Debug) Relaunch last         (X11) Switch to console
F10 (Windows) Activate menubar (Windows, Motif) Context menu Show View Menu     (X11) Switch to console
F11 (Debug) Debug   (Debug) Run     (X11) Switch to console
F12 Activate Editor         (X11) Switch to console

Notes:

  1. Avoid Alt combinations as these can conflict with menu mnemonics.
  2. Avoid Ctrl+Alt combinations as these can conflict with AltGr (alternative graphics) key sequences on international keyboards.