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Does anybody have a keybinding scheme similar to VS 2005 available for Eclipse?

How to import it into preferences of Eclipse (I see only export button).

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How to Install Visual Studio Key Bindings in Eclipse (Helios onwards)

For anyone finding this post, if you need step by step instructions and you're using Eclipse Indigo PDT , the following should help you:

(Note: you will be prompted to restart Eclipse after installing)

  1. Start Eclipse
  2. Click Help -> Install New Software
  3. In the Work with box select or type your version of Eclipse, e.g.:
  4. Make sure the 'type filter text' box is blank.
  5. Wait for a list of names and versions to appear
  6. Scroll down to find Programming Languages, and expand it
  7. Locate C/C++ Development Tools and check the box
  8. Click Next and follow the remaining instructions on screen.

After finishing the install and restarting Eclipse...

  1. Click Window -> Preferences
  2. Expand General
  3. Click Keys
  4. Change the Scheme drop down to Microsoft Visual Studio
  5. Click OK

To confirm the update, try pressing CTRL + SHIFT + F and the 'Search' dialogue box should appear.

Chris
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    Other versions at: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler (4.3), http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno (4.2). Note that these shortcuts only apply to the **C++-files**, so if you want to navigate/edit a **Java project** with VS-shortcuts, this is **not the solution**. – Yahoo Serious Jun 28 '13 at 12:19
  • @YahooSerious Thanks for the additional versions, I've updated my answer. The rest of your comment is not quite right. The shortcuts do work with other files (not just C++ files) - I use them with PHP files / projects, for example. – Chris Jul 02 '13 at 07:07
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    I really wanted this option. But after setting Visual Studio key bindings scheme and testing it for a while, I rolled back to Eclipse scheme... for 2 reasons: Missing some important VS shortcuts (e.g. F12!) and hidden some important Eclipse shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+F, F3). So, imho the best choice is to learn Eclipse shortcuts and add some necessary VS ones. – Chris W Jul 27 '13 at 22:10
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    @ZbigniewWiadro you can tweak the key-bindings as you want to by going to Window > Preferences > General > Keys. – Chris Jul 29 '13 at 06:54
  • @Chris I knew that and by this I ment "add some necessary VS shortcuts". In Eclipse F3 is go to definition/declaration, as I remember. – Chris W Jul 29 '13 at 22:59
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I think the latest Eclipse ships with Visual Studio bindings but at least the Eclipse PDT doesn't (which I just installed). And I would prefer to not have lots of extra plug-ins in Eclipse to keep it more "slim", so I didn't add the C++ plug-in. (maybe it doesn't affect performance but I really need only the keys...)

So anyway, I added the keys which I needed. As previous posters noted, when you "Export" in the key customization there is no way to import them, so the separate File->Export/Import functionality is the way to go.

So, as summary:

  1. Try add to Eclipse C++ plugin and see if it ships with key bindings that work for you

  2. Use mine key bindings, key list and download here install: unzip, use File->Import->General... to get it to Eclipse

It's far from complete of course (it's only keys which I missed to get started...), but better than nothing anyway.

Update (2009-10-16): Added Ctrl + G (go-to-line) to the bindings.

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To get the Visual Studio key bindings in Eclipse you need to install the C++ development plugins - see this.

I downloaded the latest Java development version of Eclipse (version below), when to Help -> Software Updates -> Available Software -> Ganymede and ticked the C++ box. After a restart the Visual Studio key binding appeared in the list. 

Eclipse Platform

Version: 3.4.1
Build id: M20080911-1700
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    Gift that keeps on giving. This trick worked with Galileo today. Ahhhhhh, ctrl-tab. – roufamatic Mar 29 '10 at 05:44
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    That is beauty to my constitution. Just did it for Indigo - had to add the site to eclipse under Help > Add/Update for CDT at http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ - then installed CDT Main tools from it. Visual Studio bindings became available under Windows >Prefs > General Keys – John K Jul 29 '12 at 03:02
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I don't have a VS2005 keybinding scheme as I personally prefer a Brief-style scheme.

However, to import "it", as far as I know (at least on Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede) use File -> Import -> General -> Preferences where "it" is a .prf file which has been saved out using File -> Export -> General -> Preferences.

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Eclipse Ganymede has a built-in keybinding scheme for Visual Studio. Have you tried that?

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