For those who may be new to the Eclipse IDE, here’s a list of common shortcuts I use to help me access resources and find code quickly.

Open Resource (CTRL+SHIFT+R)

This shortcut opens a dialog where you can type in the first few letters of a filename you want to open and a list of matching filenames show up beneath. Alternatively, you can highlight a filename in your code, and it will be pre-populated in the dialog search field.

Working Sets

If you work in an environment with many projects going on at once, your Navigator window can quickly get cluttered and confusing. The best way around this is working sets. You can group 1 or more projects into a working set that, when chosen, will only show those projects in the Navigator.

Outline View

Have large XML or Javascript files? Having a hard time finding methods or elements in the haze of code? The Outline view will save you plenty of time.

Quick Switch (CTRL+E)

Whether you’re working on fixing a system-wide bug, or making style changes to many pages in your site, sometimes you just can’t help having 10 files open at one time. Since Eclipse will only show 6 of those in the tabs, you can easily switch to any of the files with this handy shortcut.