How to add shortcut keys for java code in eclipse

Question

Say I type  sout   the intellisense should expand it to  System out println     Is there a way to adding such templates

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The feature is called  code templates  in Eclipse   You can add templates with      Window- Preferences- Java- Editor- Templates      Two good articles    Don t write the code  generate it Custom Templates   Also  this SO question    Useful Eclipse Java Code Templates   System out println   is already mapped to sysout  so you may save time by learning a few of the existing templates first

User · Answer

Type  Sysout  and then Ctrl Space  It expands to   System out println

User · Answer

I ve been Eclipse-free for over a year now  but I believe Eclipse calls these  Templates   Look in your settings for them  You invoke a template by typing its abbreviation and pressing the normal code completion hotkey  ctrl space by default  or using the Tab key  The standard eclipse shortcut for System out println   is  sysout   so  sysout  would do what you want   Here s another stackoverflow question that has some more details about it  How to use the  quot sysout quot  snippet in Eclipse with selected text

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type  syso  and then press ctrl    space  OR  type  sysout  and then press ctrl    space

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This is one more option  go to Windows   Preference   Java   Editor   Content Assit  Look in  Auto Activation  zone  sure that  Enable auto activation  is checked and add more charactor  like  abcd    yz  default is      to auto show content assist menu as your typing

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Type syso and  ctrl   space for System out println

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