An oldie but a goodie -- you can create a selection with Ctrl+Shift+Arrows, and then use Control+Space to insert a multi-line template such as surrounding with try/catch or becoming the body of a while loop.

A recent question on Ask EZ about how to tail a file's output in Eclipse prompted me to answer; but in the spirit of sharing the idea with others, I'm posting the reply to the Tips and Tricks page.

Apply simple code-changes to the application you're debugging in eclipse, without needing to restart it. This can be a lifesaver if your application takes forever to build and restart and you just want to see the effect of a minor code change.

Did you know Eclipse can substitute any classes toString() method for displaying output in the Debug view? It's a little-known feature, but can make debugging -- particularly of internal code -- a lot easier.

The sort members functionality is under used, but it can be of great benefit. Here's why.

Groovy, a dynamic language for the Java platform, has reached 1.0 status. Learn how to start working with Groovy in your Eclipse projects using their provided Eclipse plug-ins.

Eclipse supports a feature to switch to a different branch or version from the one you are working on, even when you have unfinished/uncommitted changes.

Whenever you open a new file in Eclipse, it opens up as a new editor. If you're not careful you can end up with tens of files open at one time. Why not keep the editor area clean by closing them automatically?

A new feature of Eclipse 3.3 M4 is the addition of several refactorings as non-modal quick-assist changes in the editor. Learn how to use them in this tip.

Now that the splash screen launcher has been moved into the core Java startup process, there's no need for the JVM to be forked as an external process (instead, it's launched by JNI). This is great news for us Mac users, since now both the Eclipse JDT and any Eclipse RCP applications are finally dockable for the first time in Eclipse's history on the Mac.

How do I cancel a Build All in Eclipse from an Ant build script to prevent dependent projects from building?

My "Open Type" dialog doesn't contain all class files contained in my project. How do I tell Eclipse to "refresh" the list of known class?

Integrating Java application source code into a plugin.Is it possible to run this code with a main function from within the plugin.

I wish to access the code in the selected java file..but with the object i get through the selection service i am unable to proceed further

Suddenly no output: "No Consoles to display at this time" while Allocate Console in Launch Configuration (Run> Run...> Common tab)is checked On.

Trying to setup a 'release' project that contains 6-8 component/module projects and having problems because of projects within projects limitation.

Rich Client Platform Application terminates abnormally when a custom action is registered to the ApplicationActionBarAdvisor.

How can I convert the url that comes back from Platform.getBundle(Application.PLUGIN_ID).getEntry("html/index.html") into the browser

Need a way to dynamicaly create pop-up menus for a TreeViewer. I want the TreeViewer in my application to display popup menus based on the node on whi

Can i make eclipse to load changes in the files in workspace WITHOUT prompt? I have to change to contents of the file

When I checkout a project with Subclipse I get at some point the following message: "cannot map the project with svn provider". In the Navigator I see

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I am very new to this IDE and I'm wondering if someone can recomend a couple good books to start out with and also use as a reference when I get stuck

I'm looking for a way to trigger content assist when someone double-clicks a word in a text editor, without requiring them to hit Ctrl+Space.

events generated by a certain user interface component from one view affect another widget on another view

Who can explain me the difference between PDE and ATF. Or probably, PDE is an environment and ATF is an extra tool for this environment. Am I right?

How to set the title of ProgressMonitorDialog....i want to set my title on the progress dialog by changing the default one

ANT variable printed literally in the Eclipse output where it should print the variable value not the variable name.

Has anyone used Eclipse to setup environment for drupal development? I was planning to do so but I was having problems with the setups

I need to know how to add source a professor has given me to a new Eclipse project. So far I have not been able to do this.

I have Eclipse 3.2, and everything was ok, but now i can't load Visual Edtor. I get java.lang.NullPoiterException. Can someone help me?

I'm using Eclipse 3.2.1 with Remote Debigging with BEA Weblogic 7 sp6 within a large J2EE (EJBs) application. When using hot swapping feature, I run..

Is there a way our plugin code can veto a project closure or deletion before the Eclipse framework shows the ListSelectionDialog for dirty editors?

I have a SWT application making use of Tree. Is works fine on Windows , but when I run on Linux the Tree is not seen at all , what can be the problem?

I can create ViewAction through extending org.eclipse.ui.viewActions in plugin.xml or by adding The Action to the ViewPart class to the IMenuManager &

Get the direct links to download the Eclipse 3.3M5 SDKs without all that rubbish HTML redirection and click-throughs.

We continue our OSGi tutorial series with a look at how to partition your code into bundles, how to declare dependencies between bundles, and how bundles are resolved.

Neil has written an article on the differences between Eclipse extensions and OSGi services. If you ever wondered what the differences between these two models, or even want to know how to process extensions or services, then this article should be interesting reading.

Storing writeable data in the configuration area has been asking for trouble for some time. Although it's been raised before for the Mac platform, the focus has always been biased towards the Windows way of doing things, rather than (say) the Mac way or the Linux way. Now, with Windows Vista coming up, perhaps the message will finally get through ...

VMware has long been a mainstay of virtualization software. Now, with the latest upcoming release (6.0) there has been a greater focus on developer use-cases: including debugging.

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