Question

Is there a list of the default Eclipse keyboard shortcuts? I’m generally looking for language agnostic things like starting the debugger or deleting an entire line in the source editor.

Answer 1

Rather than a full list of shortcut (JGlass mentions for Eclipse 4.6 this pdf), I prefer using only a few shortcuts:

• CTRL+Shift+L: “Show Key Assist”, List of shortcuts (depending on the context)

• CTRL+3: Quick Access

^{Source: “Good features of Eclipse 3.6 (Eclipse Helios) JDT, 2011, from Sony Thomas“}

Those two covers almost everything.

You can add two others:

• CTRL+1: Quick Fix

• ALT+Shift+F1: Plug-in Spy

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Note that Eclipse 2019-09 now shows key bindings when command is invoked.

For presentations, screen casts and learning purposes, it is very helpful to show the corresponding key binding when a command is invoked.
When the command is invoked (via a key binding or menu interaction) the key binding, the command’s name and description are shown on the screen.
Key binding of triggered command shown on screen

You can activate this in the Preferences dialog via the Show key binding when command is invoked check box on the General > Keys preference page.
To toggle this setting quickly the command ‘Toggle Whether to Show Key Binding‘ can be used (e.g. via the quick access).