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Eclipse Tip - Updated

Posted On September 7, 2007 5:23 PM By Phil in Development Tools,CFEclipse

I am sure I am not the first to discover this (maybe even the last, but who cares), but the one thing I could never do was tab between open files in Eclipse like I could in other applications using CTRL-TAB or CTRL-SHIFT-TAB (Windows only, obviously). I do use the CTRL-HOME and CTRL-END commands to go to the top and bottom, respectively, of the file I am working in quite a bit. Today, I accidentally hit CTRL-SHIFT-PageUp and all of a sudden, I'm in the file to the left of the one I was working in. Hmmm, so I tried CTRL-SHIFT-PageDown and went back to the one I was originally in. You have no idea how many times I have cursed Eclipse for not allowing the CTRL-TAB window functionality. To find this shortcut, well, lets say I was a little more than glad. To top it off, I have a new ergonomic keyboard that has Back and Forward buttons. While in Eclipse, I clicked them and went in between open files. Wooohooo! Well, like I said, I'm sure I'm one of the last people to figure this out in Eclipse, but hey, even the blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Note: I updated this entry. It was CTRL-SHIFT-PageUp/Down. I originally had just CTRL-PageUp/Down. I apologize for not putting in the right keystroke earlier.

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Nice one Phil! Thanks

# By Aaron Longnion | 9/7/07 7:33 PM

I just update the CFEclipse wiki with this info! Good stuff!! I need to review the keyboard shortcuts in Europa and see if anything has changed...

# By Jim Priest | 9/7/07 8:26 PM

Wow, I really thought I would have been the last one to know about this. You can all thank my fat fingers, :)

# By Phil | 9/7/07 9:45 PM

Hey guys, I updated this entry. The shortcut key was CTRL-SHIFT-PageUp and CTRL-Shift-PageDown. Sorry about that. I knew I did it and should have rechecked the keystrokes before posting.

# By Phil | 9/7/07 11:57 PM

Hey Phil, this is always good to bring up for those who missed it. I had the same frustration and shared my own observation of another alternative: ctrl-f6, discussed at http://carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/11/..., where in comments others point out your ctrl_pageup/down as well as ctrl-e. They're subtly diiferent and worth considering.

# By Charlie Arehart | 9/9/07 2:00 AM

@Charlie: Like I said before, I knew I was the last one to know!!
@Jim: That is a great list of shortcuts, I definitely need to print that sucker out and tape it to my desk somewhere.

# By Phil | 9/9/07 11:13 AM

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