Shortcuts that dramatically improve coding speed with Java-specific completion, import organization, and formatting features

Ctrl+Space

Content Assist

Shows content assist suggestions. After 'sysout', it expands to System.out.println().

💡 Hint: Space for completion

🎯 Auto-complete method and variable names to significantly reduce typing and accelerate coding

Ctrl+Shift+O

Organize Imports

Organizes imports - adds necessary ones and removes unused ones.

💡 Hint: Organize

🎯 Automatically add necessary imports and remove unused ones, completely freeing you from import management

Ctrl+Shift+F

Format Source Code

Automatically formats the source code.

💡 Hint: Format

🎯 Instantly unify code style to maintain consistent and readable code even in team development

Ctrl+1

Quick Fix

Shows quick fix suggestions for errors and warnings.

💡 Hint: Fix number 1

🎯 Instantly show fix suggestions for errors and warnings, dramatically reducing problem-solving time

Alt+Shift+J

Add Javadoc Comment

Adds a Javadoc comment to methods or classes.

💡 Hint: Javadoc

🎯 Auto-generate Javadoc comments for methods and classes to streamline documentation

Ctrl+Shift+M

Add Import

Adds an import statement for the selected word.

💡 Hint: iMport

🎯 Add import statements individually for types at cursor position without interrupting coding flow

Ctrl+Shift+X

To Upper Case

Converts selected text to upper case.

💡 Hint: Upper X

🎯 Convert selected text to uppercase when creating constant names to quickly comply with Java naming conventions

Alt+Shift+L

Extract Local Variable

Extracts the selected expression as a local variable.

💡 Hint: Local variable

🎯 Extract complex expressions as local variables to improve code readability and reusability

Alt+Shift+M

Extract Method

Extracts the selected code as a new method.

💡 Hint: Method

🎯 Extract duplicate code as methods to create maintainable code following the DRY principle

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