How to Manage Keyboard Shortcuts in the DVT Eclipse IDE

Description

This video explains how you can easily find and customize keyboard shortcuts in DVT.

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Transcript

Keyboard Shortcuts are specific to each editor emulation mode. Note that changing shortcuts in one mode will not be reflected in others.

By default, DVT starts in the Eclipse emulation mode. This is a Windows or Word-like shortcut scheme, Ctrl-S to save, Ctrl-C to copy, and so on.

Depending on your preferred editor, you may choose VI or Emacs using the drop-down menu from the main toolbar.

Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts

To quickly see the keyboard shortcuts, go to Help > Show Active Key Bindings, or press Shift-Ctrl-L.

To customize the keyboard shortcuts, go to Window > Preferences, and search for Keys. Alternatively, you can press Shift-Ctrl-L twice to open the same preference page.

Here you see a detailed list of all available commands and their shortcuts. Use the quick search bar to filter the list by command name or by keyboard shortcut.

Notice that the same shortcut can be used for multiple commands in different contexts.

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts

To change a keyboard shortcut:

  1. First select the command.
  2. Click in the binding text box.
  3. Use backspace to clear the old shortcut.
  4. Type in the new key combination.

The letter U for User Defined indicates a changed shortcut. The letter C for Conflict indicates a duplicate shortcut in the same context.

You can delete a shortcut using the Unbind Command button, for example to free up a key combination or to resolve a conflict.

You can restore all the keyboard shortcuts to their defaults.