Ctrl-Space in Eclipse without Pressing Ctrl-Space
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I've just started using Eclipse and I noticed that when I start typing a local variable name it doesn't come up with suggestions like Visual Studio does until I press Ctrl+Space. Is there any way to get it to do this automatically? I find Ctrl+Space an awkward key press.
Eclipse Solutions
Solution 1 - Eclipse
These bugs (and a solution if you use Eclipse >3.4) may be of interest to you:
A. Allow more character triggers as @Samuel said (fixed in 3.4 onwards):
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159157
Change the default in Auto activation triggers for Java to ._abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
B. Allow content assist everywhere automatically (not fixed):
Solution 2 - Eclipse
What works:
Change the Auto activation triggers to .abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_
You're unlikely to type anything else to get assist started.
Solution 3 - Eclipse
- Window -> Preferences
- Java -> Editor -> Content Assist
- Change auto-activation to suit your preferences
You will probably want to set the delay to 0.
Solution 4 - Eclipse
Also to make Auto Complete work in XML files do the following changes in Preferences -> XML -> XML Files -> Editor -> Content Assist
Under Auto Activation section, provide the following values
- Make Auto activation delay (ms): 0
- Prompt when these characters are inserted: <=:._abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Following screenshot explains the same
