Eclipse HotKey how to switch between tabs

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How can I switch between opened windows in Eclipse  There is Ctrl F6  but it s asking me which one I want  but I want switch it like tabs in browser or window in operating system  Cmd Win Tab  without file-selection from the list  How to do this easy thing in Eclipse   I ve tried to assign hotkey for events    forward forward history next page   but it doesn t work the way I want

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CTRL   F6 is good to use  If you want to switch to next previous tab  you need to do CTRL Page Down   CTRL Page Up

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You can use ALT Left to go to your previous tab  or ALT Right to go to forward  This method is using tab-switching like history  though  so it will go to the previous tab you had open  and forward if you ve gone  back  once or more  A bit weird  I know  but it works  You can always  reset  the history by clicking through every tab once

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3 line AutoHotKey script  on Windows  anyway     IfWinActive ahk class SWT Window0   Tab   PgUp  Tab   PgDn   Put this in your startup folder  save it as   ahk  must have AutoHotKey installed  and Eclipse tabs will now work like Chrome or Firefox

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I quote VonC response  adding something      Ctrl PgUp PgDn  to switch between tabs in the current stack  both editors and view  Ctrl E to switch between tabs in the current stack  using a filtered list Ctrl F6 to switch between editors  no matter which stack Ctrl F7 to switch between views  no matter which stack   Plus  there is Bug 206299 open to request using Ctrl Tab for switching tabs instead of Ctrl PgUp PgDn      As this would break accessibility  the user should set a preference for this  Perhaps there should be a question in the Welcome Questionnaire during to the Oomph installs    If not satisfied  you can assign yourself the Key Binding  from Window   Preferences   General   Keys

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Right to left   ctrl  shift   9  or  ctrl   shift   Page Up or ctrl   Page Up  Left to right   ctrl   shift   3 or ctrl   shift   Page Down or ctrl   Page Down

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Shortcut key to back to the previous tab  Alt   LeftArrow to go back

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How can I switch between opened windows in Eclipse    CTRL F7 works here - Eclipse Photon on Windows

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If you go to Preferences  e g  Window Preferences  and view General Keys  and then search for    Next Tab    and    Previous Tab     you can remap them

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You can set the hotkeys in Preferences -  General -  Keys  or just type  keys  into the filter field at the top of the Preferences dialog   Once the Keys section is selected  find Next Tab and Previous Tab and assign them your own hotkey by clicking in the  Binding  field and then typing your hotkeys   Hit Apply or OK to finish the process

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The default is Ctrl   F6  You can change it by going to Window preferences  I usually change it to Ctrl   Tab  the same we use in switching tabs in a browser and other stuff

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CTRL E  for a list of editor  CTRL F6  for switching to the next editor through a list  You can assign another shortcut to the  Next Editor  key    are the two official shortcuts  but they both involve a list being displayed   CTRL Page Up   CTRL Page Down can cycle through editors without displaying a list     What is interesting with that last set of shortcuts is  they are not listed in the Eclipse Keys shortcuts to be defined  They may be inherited from the multipage editor  making them an OS specific shortcut     Regarding shortcuts on Mac OS  OSX   Matt Ball complained in Sept  2011 to not being able to remap CTRL Page Up CTRL Page Down      It drives me nuts to not be able to flip through open tabs as I can in pretty much every other tabbed program in OS X   -Left and  -Right           Well  in March 2012  Arthur replied        I ve just downloaded the latest version of Eclipse  3 7    I ve been able to bind  Previous Next tab  to   -Left and  -Right  when in Editor  which I m pretty sure I couldn t do before    So I guess they heard you    It works just as you expect  tabs going from left to right and vice-versa  not on a history basis or some nonsense like that    Matt Ball confirms      oh wow  selecting  Editing Java Source  actually worked    Now  unfortunately this means that I m SOL if I nav into a non-Java file  JSP  XML  JS  etc      The fix for this is to  copy command  for this pair  and select all the  whens  that I want    So far it s at least working beautifully for Java and JSP files    This is a major PITA to set up  but it s just a one-time thing    His exported preferences are available here for you to try  Once imported  you should see  for all the relevant types of document

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On windows if you have a 5 button mouse  you can use forward and back in lieu of ALT Left and ALT Right

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If you want to simply switch between your current and your previous tab selections  using CTRL   F6 will switch you back and forth  To navigate to a tab further back in your history  you need to use the UP   DOWN keys while the Editors window is open  This works with Helios  Eclipse 3 6   not sure if this is true for older versions of Eclipse

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One way to do it is to use the VI Plugin  and then you just do  n  and  N  to go between files   That s what I do

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Custom KeyBinding sequence example    CTRL   TAB  to switch between visilble Modules or Editors Forward direction using Eclipse RCP    you press CTRL   TAB  second  time to open another editor and close previous editor using RCP Eclipse   package rcp demo Toolbar   import org eclipse core commands AbstractHandler  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionEvent  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionException  import org eclipse ui IEditorReference  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchPage  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchWindow  import org eclipse ui PartInitException  import org eclipse ui handlers HandlerUtil  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditor  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditor  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor UserEditor  import rcp demo Editor UserEditorInput   public class Forward Editor extends AbstractHandler       static String Editor name       Active Editor name store in Temporary      static int cnt                  close editor count this variable      Override     public Object execute ExecutionEvent event  throws ExecutionException            IWorkbenchWindow window   HandlerUtil getActiveWorkbenchWindow event           IWorkbenchPage page   window getActivePage             UserEditorInput std input   new UserEditorInput            EmployeeEditorInput emp input new EmployeeEditorInput            ProductEditorInput product input new ProductEditorInput             IEditorReference   editors   page getEditorReferences               Blank Editor Window to execute           if editors length  0                          First time close editor can open Student Editor             if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Student Editor                                  try                       page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  EMP gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                     catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                         First time close editor can open Employee Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Employee Editor                                  try                       page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  PRO gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                      catch  PartInitException e   e printStackTrace                                                  First time close editor can open Product Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Product Editor                                  try                       page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                       System out println  student Editor open                        cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  Close    Editor name                     catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                  First Time call    empty editors              else                  try                       page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                       System out println  student Editor open                        Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                      catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                               End if condition            AvtiveEditor Student Editor  close to open Employee Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Student Editor                          try                     page closeAllEditors true                   page closeEditor page getActiveEditor    true                   page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  EMP gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                 catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Employee Editor  close to open Product Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Employee Editor                          try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                    cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  PRO gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                  catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Product Editor  close to open Student Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Product Editor                          try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  stud gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                 catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                      by default open Student Editor         else                        try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  stud else gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                 catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                    return null            gt Custom KeyBinding sequence example    lt kbd gt  SHIFT   TAB  lt  kbd gt  to switch between visilble Modules or Editors   Backword   direction using Eclipse RCP    package rcp demo Toolbar   import org eclipse core commands AbstractHandler  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionEvent  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionException  import org eclipse ui IEditorReference  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchPage  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchWindow  import org eclipse ui PartInitException  import org eclipse ui handlers HandlerUtil  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditor  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditor  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor UserEditor  import rcp demo Editor UserEditorInput   public class Backword Editor extends AbstractHandler       static String Editor name       Active Editor name store in Temporary      static int cnt        Override     public Object execute ExecutionEvent event  throws ExecutionException            IWorkbenchWindow window   HandlerUtil getActiveWorkbenchWindow event           IWorkbenchPage page   window getActivePage              Three object create in EditorInput          UserEditorInput std input   new UserEditorInput            EmployeeEditorInput emp input new EmployeeEditorInput            ProductEditorInput product input new ProductEditorInput             IEditorReference   editors   page getEditorReferences            System out println  Length     editors length            if editors length  0                          First time close editor can open Student Editor             if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Product Editor                                  try                       page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  EMP gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                     catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                                 First time close editor can open Employee Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Employee Editor                                  try                       page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  Student gt  gt Len     editors length    student    Editor name                      catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                  First time close editor can open Product Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Student Editor                                          try                               page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                               cnt 1                              Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                                System out println  PRO gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                              catch  PartInitException e                                e printStackTrace                                                           First Time or empty editors to check this condition             else                  try                       page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                       System out println  product Editor open                      catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                        AvtiveEditor Product Editor  close to open Employee Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Product Editor                          System out println  Product     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  Employee Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Employee Editor  close to open Student Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Employee Editor                          System out println  Emp     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  student Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Student Editor  close to open Product Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Student Editor                          System out println  Product     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  product Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                      by default open Student Editor         else                        try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  product Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                    return null               Custom KeyBinding sequence example    SHIFT   TAB  to switch between visilble Modules or Editors Backword direction using Eclipse RCP    package rcp demo Toolbar   import org eclipse core commands AbstractHandler  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionEvent  import org eclipse core commands ExecutionException  import org eclipse ui IEditorReference  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchPage  import org eclipse ui IWorkbenchWindow  import org eclipse ui PartInitException  import org eclipse ui handlers HandlerUtil  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditor  import rcp demo Editor EmployeeEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditor  import rcp demo Editor ProductEditorInput  import rcp demo Editor UserEditor  import rcp demo Editor UserEditorInput   public class Backword Editor extends AbstractHandler       static String Editor name       Active Editor name store in Temporary      static int cnt        Override     public Object execute ExecutionEvent event  throws ExecutionException            IWorkbenchWindow window   HandlerUtil getActiveWorkbenchWindow event           IWorkbenchPage page   window getActivePage              Three object create in EditorInput          UserEditorInput std input   new UserEditorInput            EmployeeEditorInput emp input new EmployeeEditorInput            ProductEditorInput product input new ProductEditorInput             IEditorReference   editors   page getEditorReferences            System out println  Length     editors length            if editors length  0                          First time close editor can open Student Editor             if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Product Editor                                  try                       page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  EMP gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                     catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                                 First time close editor can open Employee Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Employee Editor                                  try                       page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                       cnt 1                      Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                        System out println  Student gt  gt Len     editors length    student    Editor name                      catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                  First time close editor can open Product Editor             else if cnt  1  amp  amp  Editor name equals  Student Editor                                          try                               page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                               cnt 1                              Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                                System out println  PRO gt  gt Len     editors length    EDi    Editor name                              catch  PartInitException e                                e printStackTrace                                                           First Time or empty editors to check this condition             else                  try                       page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                       System out println  product Editor open                      catch  PartInitException e                        e printStackTrace                                                        AvtiveEditor Product Editor  close to open Employee Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Product Editor                          System out println  Product     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor emp input  EmployeeEditor Id                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  Employee Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                    e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Employee Editor  close to open Student Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Employee Editor                          System out println  Emp     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor std input  UserEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  student Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                      AvtiveEditor Student Editor  close to open Product Editor         else if page getActiveEditor   getTitle   equals  Student Editor                          System out println  Product     page getActiveEditor   getTitle                 try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  product Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                      by default open Student Editor         else                        try                   page closeAllEditors true                   page openEditor product input ProductEditor ID                   cnt 1                  Editor name page getActiveEditor   getTitle                    System out println  product Editor open                  catch  PartInitException e                       TODO Auto-generated catch block                 e printStackTrace                                    return null               Key Sequence    M1 means  CTRL   M2 means SHIFT      plugin xml      lt extension point  org eclipse ui commands  gt           lt command                 defaultHandler  rcp demo Toolbar Forward Editor                  id  RCP Demo Toolbar Forward editor open cmd                  name  Forward Editor  gt           lt  command gt           lt command                 defaultHandler  rcp demo Toolbar Backword Editor                  id  RCP Demo Toolbar backwards editor open cmd                  name  Backword Editor  gt           lt  command gt       lt  extension gt   lt extension point  org eclipse ui bindings  gt           lt key                 commandId  RCP Demo Toolbar Forward editor open cmd                  schemeId  org eclipse ui defaultAcceleratorConfiguration                  sequence  M1 TAB  gt           lt  key gt             lt key                 commandId  RCP Demo Toolbar backwards editor open cmd                  schemeId  org eclipse ui defaultAcceleratorConfiguration                  sequence  M2 TAB  gt           lt  key gt                 lt  extension gt

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For some reason my Eclipse settings were corrupted so I had to manually edit the file   plugins org eclipse e4 workbench workbench xmi  I must have previously set Ctrl Tab to Browser-like tab switching  and even resetting all key bindings in Eclipse preferences wouldn t get rid of the shortcuts  they were not displayed anywhere either   I opened the above mentioned file and removed the  lt bindings gt  elements marked with  lt tags gt type user lt  tags gt  related to the non-functioning shortcuts

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Solved    Change Scheme to Microsoft Visual Studio  Window Preferences General Keys  Look for Schemes dropdown  My eclipse version    Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers   Version  Juno Service Release 1 Build id  20120920-0800

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Switch like Windows in OS  go to window which last had focus   CTRL-F6 in Eclipse  like ALT-TAB  on windows   brings up a list of tabs windows available  if you keep the CTRL   ALT key depressed  and highlights the one you will jump to when you let go of this key  You do not have to select the window  If you want to traverse several tabs at once hold down the CTRL button and tap the TAB button  This is identical behaviour to ALT-TAB on Windows   In this sense  CTRL-SHIFT-F6 in eclipse is the ALT-SHIFT-TAB analog  Personally  I change these bindings in Eclipse to be like Visual Studio  I e  CTRL-TAB and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB and I do it like this   Window Preferences General Keys   Then set  Next Editor  Ctrl Tab and  Previous Editor  Ctrl Shift Tab  Don t forget to click  Unbind Command  before setting the new binding   Switch like browser  go to tab on the right of current tab   This is CTRL-PageDown to go right  CTRL-PageUp to go left  Frustratingly  when you get to the end of the list of tabs  say far right hand tab  and then try to go right again Eclipse does not cycle round to the first tab  far left  like most browsers would

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Nobody will ever read my answer  but anyway    If you are on Mac OS X you will love multi touch gestures for history navigation in Eclipse  http   sourceforge net apps mediawiki eclipsemultitch

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Right side move   Ctrl   page Down Left side move   CTRL   page Up   Additional    get list of open tabs   Ctrl   F6   Eclipse others Short Cuts   Link   http   www shortcutworld com en win Eclipse html Pdf    http   eclipse-tools sourceforge net Keyboard shortcuts  283 0 29 pdf

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On a SLES12 machine you can use Ctrl PageUp and Ctrl PageDown to navigate between tabs by default  You can always change these keys from Preferences window by browsing through  keys  section under  General  category  This process is well explained by Victor and VonC above

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Hold CTRL and press F6 until you reached the editor you want  then release  The UI is not as pretty as the window selection  but the functionality is the same

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