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Reputation: 44220

How to prevent Eclipse from auto-importing packages when pasting code?

Frequently I copy and paste code from my existing code base. Eclipse frequently brings in erroneous import statements that I don't need

example, I copy and paste code into my project package named com.myproject.utilities into a file named twitter_class.java

and in the java file it adds

import com.pigmal.android.ex.twitter4j.TwitterConstants;

and this causes an error The import cannot be resolved. Of course it can't why, why did it even attempt to import that part when I didn't even select that for copying

I can imagine places where this is convenient, but it is never convenient for me and it is time consuming to repair so often.

How do I turn this off, in Eclipse, using Eclipse.

Upvotes: 21

Views: 9932

Answers (1)

Jigar Joshi
Jigar Joshi

Reputation: 240870

To turnoff the auto import while pasting

windows > preference > java > editor > Typing > (Under when pasting) uncheck update imports

Upvotes: 50

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