How to fix Eclipse autocomplete not working - java

The autocomplete of eclipse is not working now and I searched for hours but I couldn't find an answer to solve it. I haven't used it for long time then the first thing after opening it was to install SWT and windows builder even though I had swing installed. What I mean is, it is may possibly be because of some conflict caused by swt and swing(I read something about a conflict but I don't if this is possible).
Strange thing is it doesn't show anything when I press ctrl+space but when I go Edit-> Content Assist -> Default(it says Ctrl+Space nearby it), it shows things needed to be shown/works as desired.
public class Dsada {
String sssss;
public Dsada(){
sss //pressing ctrl+space is not working,Edit->ContentAssist->Default works fine
}
}
The solution is not to tick/untick some stuff under Windows->Preferences->...->Content Assist-> Advanced. I checked if "ctrl+space" is hijacked by some other thing which is not and checked keyboard language which is English(Those are suggested in mkyong).
I read something about a bug but I couldn't understand. I tried to delete eclipse and re-install again but I guess some settings just stayed in the machine so that it didn't work.


This is recurring for me. I'm using Eclipse 2019-03 in Windows 10.
The steps below work for my case, and does not require a restart.
Window->Preferences->Java->Editor->Content Assist->Advanced
The following options are de-selected, and when I set them the autocomplete worked as before. No restart needed.
1. Java Non-Type Proposals
2. Java Proposals
3. Java Type Proposals
4. Java Proposals (Task-focused)
I don't know what's triggering this but it only happens after I've created a new project. Usually doesn't. It simply doesn't happen often enough for me to notice a pattern to follow up on more.
Clearly this problem occurs with a variety of causes, so review the other answers to see if they match your case.


The hot key combination ctrl+space might be conflict with other settings in system if you are using windows.
Try modify this combination like alt+/, i always use this one since the first time i knew eclipse. It works well.
Hope it works for you.


Window->Preferences->Java->Editor->Content Assist->Advanced
The following options have to be selected, then the autocomplete worked . No restart is required.
Java Proposals (must be selected, not sure the follows)
Java Non-Type Proposals
Java Type Proposals
Java Proposals (Task-focused)


I was facing the same issue. If you use OS X Eclipse Ctrl+Space shortcut can be interfering with OS X system's "Selecting previous input source" using Ctrl+Space shortcut as default.
It is necessary to
edit System Preferencies/Keyboard/Shortcuts/Input Source and uncheck the "Selecting previous input source" or change the shortcut on something else. Eclipse should work after that even without restart.


I faced hot key problem with use Ctrl+Space. I tried to fix the issue first by Windows->Preferences->...->Content Assist-> Advanced and selected
Select the proposal kinds contained in the 'default' content assist list:
Other Java Proposals,
List item
SWT Template Proposals
Template Proposals
Type Proposals
but didn't help.
Therefore, I tried another solution. There would be multiple languages on your computer which could be eating up your Ctrl command. To solve this Go to Control Panel -> Region and Language -> Keyboards and Languages (tab) and then Change Keyboards.
You’ll see a list of languages installed – remove any that you don’t want (click the language and then click the Remove button) until you only have the ones you want left. That fixed it for me, but you can also check the Advanced Key Settings tab to make sure that none of the keyboard short-cuts that are set include Ctrl-Space.
Once you’ve done that, Ctrl-Space should work nicely!!!!


I had the same Problem on Ubuntu 14.04. The problem for me was that ibus used Ctrl+Space as a shortcut. I solved it by starting the program ibus-setup and chaning the shortcut to something else than Ctrl+Space.


Go to Windows >> Preferences » Java » Editor » Content Assist. Then Check the Auto activation triggers for java, Add this in the text box .abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ


Recently, I also faced this issue. When I install neon version eclipse.
By (1) deleting respective class, (2) restoring defaults appearance and (3) restarting eclipse, solved the problem for me.
Hope it will help someone.


Go to Preferences » Java » Editor » Content Assist » Advanced. Make sure Other Java Proposals is ticked/checked.
I checked windows has no conflict of ctrl+space (of eclipse autosuggestion) with windows.
This is mere configuration issue of eclipse. reinstallation would fix it.
Thanks.


I select all the parameters in Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Advanced.
It help me and resolve the my problem.
Cltr+space work using this step.


Saving my work and restarting Eclipse solved this for me. I hadn't shut down Eclipse in a while, maybe weeks.


I had the same problem (MacOS Monterey, Eclipse 06-2022). Turned out it works with pressed fn button.


For Mac user, you can try : Preferences -> Java > Editor > Content Assist and then :
tick the field "Enable auto activation"
in the field Auto activation trigger for Java, you can input the text alphabet ".abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

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There is no syntax highlighting in java files in my eclipse..This happened all of a sudden..Not sure why..
This is how it is looking now..
As mentioned in other posts..i tried to change the color from preferences window and there is nothing when i type java..something really messed up...
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Closing the file's tab and re-opening it fixed it for me.
(I actually closed all the tabs...)

I faced the same issue all of a sudden after a commit/update project operation.
The point is, default editor of Eclipse has changed somehow and we have to set it back to normal.
Try the below method,
1. Goto Windows -> Click Preferences
2. From the Preferences window goto General -> Editors -> Click File Associations
3. You can choose the default editor for *.java files here
When I first opened Preferences, 'Text editor' was set as the default editor for .java files and then I changed it back to 'Java Editor'.
Now it works perfectly fine.

You probably have a corrupt installation or you have recently installed a corrupt plugin.
The following steps might help.
In your Install window,
view your "already installed" plugins.
select the "Installation History" tab.
select a previous stable configuration
Click the "Revert" button

TLDR; open another workspace, then come back to the original workspace.
Ok this is odd, but for me, all the highlighting suddenly went away for Java files. I explored all of these ideas here, with no effect. I created a new workspace, planning to move everything to it. I realized that can be a pain to move many projects over, so I went back into the original workspace to look at some settings, and poof - the highlighting was working again.

I have one java class file like a text editor.
I tried following,
Select the respective java class file from eclipse.
Right click on the file and mouse hover on "Open with".
Select java editor.
Now its works.

Eclipse does not highlight matching variables

Eclipse does not highlight matching variables for me:
I've already tried to change "Mark occurrences" via
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Mark Occurrences
but it didn't work. I am not sure why this is not working while others
have been able to fix the problem.
Can anyone tell me how can I set highlighting matching variables?
Looking for same variables with my eyes really bothering me too much.

Try:
window > preferences > java > editor > mark occurrences
Select all options available there.
Also go to:
Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations
Compare the settings for 'Occurrences' and 'Write Occurrences'
Make sure that you don't have the 'Text as higlighted' option checked for one of them.
This should fix it.

Alt + Shift + o
Will solve your problem and agree with #Korhan Ozturk as well :)
This is known as Toggle Mark occurrence (Alt + Shift + O), Means will highlight all occurrence of focused variable.
Same thing can be achieved from tool bar as follows
In same tool bar there is another switch if you turn that on you will see complete path for opened file, That is Breadcrumb
there are some more very useful switches like word wrap, Show white Characters just after toggle mark occurrence

There is a bug in Eclipse Juno (and probably others) but I have a workaround!
If you have already checked all the configurations mentioned in the top answers here and it's STILL not working try this.
To confirm the problem:
Select a variable
Notice the highlight didn't work
Click away from eclipse so the editor loses focus.
Click on eclipse's title bar so it regains focus, your variable should be highlighted.
If this is happening for you, you must close ALL of your open files and reopen them. This bug seems to also make weird things happen with Ctrl+S saving of an individual file. My guess is that something is happening whereby internally eclipse believes a certain file has focus but it actually doesn't, and the UI's state is rendered as though a different file is being edited.
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The only that worked for me was:
Java > Editor > Mark Occurrences:
Check "Mark occurrences of te selected element in the current file."
... and maybe all the ones below.

Using Alt + Shift + o
It works for me!

For others running into this without any of the above solutions working AND you have modified the default theme, you might want to check the highlight color for occurrences.
Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations
Then select Occurrences in the Annotation Types, and change the Color Box to something other than your background color in your editor. You can also change the Highlight to a outline box by Checking "Text as" and selecting "Box" from the drop-down box (which is easier to see various syntax colors then with the highlights)

I wish I could have read the response by #Ján Lazár.
In addition to all the configurations mentioned in the accepted answer, below setting solved my misery:
For large files the scalability mode must be turned off. Enabling scalability mode will disable reference highlighting.
PS: #Rob Hruska It would be great if this point is added in the accepted answer. Most of the readers do not bother to read the last response.

For PHP you can set
window > preferences > PHP > editor > mark occurrences
Please check first checkbox (Mark occurrences of selected element in the current file)
And also check
Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations
'Occurrences' and 'Write Occurrences' with different style and color

If highlighting is not working for large files, scalability mode has to be off.
Properties / (c/c++) / Editor / Scalability

.
Java - Editor - Mark Occurrences
Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.
Version: Photon Release (4.8.0)

maybe because it not supports code highlights inside scriplets. not sure though.
You can try using one of the eclipse plugin like 'glance search' which works great.
Here's a link for that-
http://code.google.com/p/eclipse-glance/

I just unchecked all, applied, checked all again, applied and it worked :) hopefully helps others.

Eclipse Toolbar > Windows > Preferences > General (Right side) > Editors (Right side) > Text Editors (Right side) > Annotations (Right side)
For Occurrences and Write Occurrences, make sure you DO have the 'Text as highlighted' option checked for all of them. See screenshot below:

I was having the same issue and the "make occurrences" and "annotations" solutions above did not help. If you are using Maven, I had to convert the project to a Maven project (right click on it in the Package Explorer and go down to configure), then build the project. Then the syntax coloring and highlighting worked correctly.

This is what worked for me (credit to YardenST from another thread):
Instead of double clicking file when opening, right click on file -> Open with -> Java editor

In Scala IDE click on this button in the toolbox to activate Mark Occurrences (off by default).
link to the screenshot

Sometimes problems in your project build path can cause this, make sure you resolve it first, in my case the prolem was :
And when fix it highlights come back.

I had this issue with Eclipse Mars for PHP developers, 64 bit edition for Windows. I now discovered that highlighting works out-of-the-box with the 32 bit version. Even with a fresh download of the equivalent 64 bit build, highlighting does not work. So I will switch back to 32 bit (this is actually not the first problem I observe with Eclipse 64 bit).
Edit:
I thought this was the solution, so I installed the 32 bit version in C:\Program Files (x86) and set a shortcut in the "Start" menu. When I started Eclipse from there, highlighting again ceased to work. I now got it working again by deleting the .metadata directory in the workspace (i.e. resetting the workspace settings) and re-importing the projects.

Any way to get IntelliJ-like autocompletion in Eclipse?

I'm stuck with Eclipse in one project and I would like to have autocompletion similar to that of IntelliJ - two major problems are:
Start typing and Eclipse would automatically suggest all possibilities
When there is item selected in dropdown list you can accept it not only with enter key but with dots, spacebars...

Go to Window → Preferences → Java → Editor → Content Assist.
In the column "Auto activation triggers for Java", enter this:
.qwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnm_QWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM
Add any other keys you want. You're done. That answers your first query.
As far as second one goes, I think it already exists.

Take a look at Eclipse Code Recommenders [1] or Codetrails Connect [2]. They make Eclipse' code completion intelligent.
[1] http://eclipse.org/recommenders/
[2] http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/codetrails-connect-community-edition/

I have to say NO. I moved from Eclipse to IntelliJ because of the intellisense and inability to make Eclipse behave like IntelliJ (or if you come from the .NET environment: inability to make Eclipse intellisense behave like ReSharper in .NET).
Do you HAVE TO work in Eclipse? I do 98% of work in IntelliJ, then convert the project into Eclipse project (IntelliJ can still access it) and finish it in Eclipse. Maybe you could try this solution.

Since Eclipse Juno, Code Recommenders Intelligent Java Proposals replaced the old JDT's Java Proposals.
It afford "Intelligent Code Completion" function, like IntelliJ did in a way.
You can get something useful through the link below:
http://code-recommenders.blogspot.jp/2012/07/code-recommenders-10-code-completion-on.html

There is something like that in Eclipse I think, certainly in the Eclipse Helios. When typing you press CTRL+SPACE, or when you typed variable name '.' will start auto-complete options.
Also here someone suggests to change auto complete delay settings to 0.
BTW you can also accept your selection with space bar, for sure.
EDIT:
Why not consider using NetBeans, my personal favourite. There you have an option to show auto-completion on start typing any Java Identifier Part. This would then look exactly as you want it. (in NetBeans Tools->Options->Editor->Code Completion, there in Language box select Java and finally check Auto Popup on Typing Any Java Identifier Part).

Why does Eclipse 3.5.1 narrow to the declaration when I go to the declaration of a field?

I just installed 64-bit Eclipse 3.5.1 on SnowLeopard. I am experiencing a rather strange problem, and I'm posting a question here to see if anyone can explain or confirm it before I go get tangled up with the Eclipse bugzilla.
I open up a Java class with some errors in it. I double-click on a reference to a field. I click right and select 'open declaration'.
The windows then shows me ONLY the declaration. I smell a feature here, but I can't figure out how to get Eclipse to go back to displaying the entire class except by closing and reopening the class.

Go into the Eclipse Preferences and under Java > Editor you will see a checkbox for "Only show the selected Java element"... what you describe sounds like the behavior when that is checked. Try unchecking it.
Good luck.

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