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How to tell Eclipse to show content assist automatically?
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Closed 8 years ago.
I recently downloaded and installed Eclipse Standard/ SDK, version: Kepler Service Release 2.
In the past, when using Eclipse, there has been an 'autocomplete' function available when typing, that would try to 'guess' what keywords and variable names you were typing- if it guessed the correct one, you just had to press 'tab' to get it to fill in automatically for you.
However, this autocomplete function doesn't seem to work with the current version of Eclipse that I'm using... and I can't seem to find a way to turn it on- I've tried Edit -> Word Completion, and Edit -> Content Assist, but neither of these options seem to make a difference.
Any suggestions?
Go to, Window >> Preferences >> Java >> Editor >> Content Assist >> Auto activation triggers for java, and enter .abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ , this will trigger the auto activation for class names, methods, etc...
My answer here.
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Does IntelliJ have the ability to tab out of auto-completed brackets? As in, when you press "tab" key near a closing bracket, the cursor will jump over it instead of adding a new tab. This is a pretty standard feature in Eclipse. In IntelliJ IDEA you must use arrow keys to do so.
Similar question was asked 4 years ago here, but maybe 4 year isn't enough time to complete this complex feature, so I'm asking again.
UPDATE:
Initial implementation for this feature is available starting from IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2 version. It works more like in MS Visual Studio - without visual indication of tab 'exit' position. For now, it should work in Java, SQL, Python and some other files. It will take some time for other languages to catch up - some language-specific code changes are required. The feature is disabled by default, you can enable it in:
Settings (Preferences on Mac)| Editor | General | Smart Keys | Jump outside closing bracket/quote with Tab.
Original answer:
Nothing new since the original question was submitted, except a third-party plug-in that was started by one of the users.
For some reason the author didn't release a binary version of the plug-in yet.
I went ahead and built the plug-in, you can get the jar file here.
Copy it into the IDE plugins folder, restart IDEA and use Shift+Space.
Keyboard shortcut can be changed in the Keymap settings:
Feature requests and bug reports should go here.
Just type in the closing bracket again, it will get you out of the bracket.
For example if you are typing "Sandeep", as soon as you enter ".. it will be like ""... then you enter rest of the text "sandeep".. and at the end type " again... it will take you out of the double quotes.
I have demonstrated above for double quotes , you can do the same for any brackets.
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Android studio code editor occur unreadable code unexpected
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Closed 2 years ago.
Suddenly Android studio displaying different characters for some symbols and Gibberish name in autocomplete. Is happening in both kotlin only and java only projects. when I select the autocompletion option it selected properly I mean it shows the correct method name in the editor, when I copy the symbol and paste it elsewhere it pastes as a normal character, also the app is successfully building and executing and the source code in notepad looks fine. How to fix it?
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Answering my own questions after invalidating the cache and restarting many times, changing android studio font, editor font numerous times. finally, I was able to solve this problem you just need to change the color scheme font.
Thanx #MikeM. for referring the similar post.
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Java 8u40 on OS X Yosemite
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Closed 7 years ago.
I'm unable to enter text into text boxes in windows/dialog boxes produced by Java. For example, I can't type text into Sun's "How to use text fields" example, (linked to from here). However, I am able to click buttons in Java's windows.
I'm running on a Mac with the latest version of OS X (Yosemite 10.10.2), and the Java System Preferences pane assures me that I'm using the "recommended" version of Java (Java 8 Update 40). I should add that I'm running stuff via Java Web Start here, which generates some security warnings.
I told Java to enable the Java Console but it seems only to be showing start-up boiler-plate.
EDIT: to be clear, I'm able to reproduce this issue even in code from the makers of Java, so I don't think the fix will be something as simple as add a line or two to my code.
If you know the name of textbox you can add text;
Let the name of your textbox is mytextbox
mytextbox.setText("The text what you want to write");
Perhaps you have to set the
textBox.setEditable(true)
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Eclipse: Can you format code on save?
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There was an add-on called Power Commands (Now productivity power tools) in visual studio to format the code on save.
I was so used to see my code format on save that I cannot change that habit. Is there a way to do that in Eclipse?
I can only assign one thing to Ctrl+S otherwise because if I assign Save & Format Code to the same keys, once I press the shortcut it will do neither but propose me what I want to do with the shortcut. Is there an add-on or a way to do it?
Go to
Window > Preferences
then to
Java > Editor > Save actions
and tick Perform the selected actions on save, then tick Format source code
You can also let eclipse perform Additional actions which you can freely configure.
Sure. You can do that in your eclipse workspace. Set your own custom save actions.
Here is what you need to do.
Navigate to Window --> Preferences, Search for Save in it. and enable the Perform Selected actions on Save checkbox.
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Any way to get IntelliJ-like autocompletion in Eclipse?
Is there a way to make Eclipse autocomplete work in a manner similar to one found in NetBeans? I lack completing to the next common part (i.e. type "me", I got suggestion Message, MessageArchive, MessageRouter so the 'tab' would complete to the "Message") and also auto suggesting on "." (or "enter") when there is subsequent possibility.
Tiny things but the lack of them is extremely frustrating…
Goto Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assits
In the column Auto activation triggers for Java column, enter this:
.qwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnm_QWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM
Add any other keys you want. You're done.
You'll have the same effect as Netbeans
Try typing "me" and then pressing Ctrl + Space.
Well if the shortcut: Ctrl+Space doesn't fireup autocompletion, you will need to activate it in your Eclipse IDE.
To do that, go to: Window->Preferences->Java->Editor->ContentAssist and there you can set the parameters that you want.
[EDIT]: Here is a capture to help you with.
The auto complete functionality should be turned on by default. Eclipse pop up a auto complete box after pressing the "." or you can manually do this by pressing STRG + SPACE on PC or CMD + SPACE on a MAC