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Asked: 2026-05-30T09:31:46+00:00

Eclipse allows you to open more than one text editing window at a time

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Eclipse allows you to open more than one text editing “window” at a time to get a “split screen” effect. This is great, but the problem I’m having is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to switch between these windows, directly.

Now, you can use the usual commands (Ctrl+Page Down, CTRL+e, ALT+RIGHT, etc.) to switch between specific buffers. In other words, if I have window 1 with A.java and B.java open, and window 2 with C.java open, I can use Ctrl+Page Down to go from A, to B, to C. However, I can’t just go from A or B (ie. from window 1) in to C (ie. to window 2), unless I use CTRL+e and type in “C.java”.

There are half a million Eclipse commands though, and they’re certainly not all labeled consistently, so it’s quite possible I’m just failing to find the relevant command. Does anyone out there in SO-land happen to know it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    By default, its Ctrl+F6. However, its useful if you map you keys to Ctrl+Tab to switch between open editors like Windows.

    You can change your preferred keys in Window>Preferences>General>Keys and change “Next Editor” to any key of your choice(Ex: Ctrl+Tab). Hope this is what you needed.

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