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Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson

Reputation: 4833

How do I map an external tool to a hotkey in Eclipse?

In Eclipse, I have external tools defined in Eclipse that I execute regularly. I'd like to save me some time by wiring them to a hotkey. I've done some googling on this and most of the information I've found is from last decade. I'm also fully aware that I can wire a hot key to "Last executed external tool", but that last tool isn't always the same.

How do I wire an external tool defined in Eclipse to a hotkey?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 966

Answers (4)

Joe
Joe

Reputation: 1

The way I do it:

  1. In the common settings of the external tool, set the combo box of "Display in Favorites Menu - External Tools"
  2. (optional): Organize favorites for a convenient number.

  3. Whenever I want to invoke the tool:

    • press ALT (for menu bar),
    • then press r (for run),
    • then press e (for external tools),
    • then press the number of the favorite.

    This can be done really fast. It's the closest thing to a hotkey. After 3 days you won't notice the difference...

Upvotes: 0

Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson

Reputation: 4833

I eventually landed on using AutoHotKey to define additional hotkeys to run external tools.

Upvotes: 0

Wilsah
Wilsah

Reputation: 11

Maybe this could be helpful to you, http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/88391/ Here you can possible get som help. Coute :" There currently is a command for running the last external tool See Window>Preferences>Workbench>Keys It is in the Run/Debug category; Run Last Launched External Tool By default it is not mapped to a shortcut. I have it mapped to F9"

Upvotes: 1

David M. Karr
David M. Karr

Reputation: 15245

I don't know if you can bind a key to this, but the PathTools eclipse plugin lets you register a set of custom command lines, which you can select from a menu. If you can bind a key to selecting it from a menu, then that works.

Upvotes: 2

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