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handris
handris

Reputation: 2109

I can't type curly braces in Eclipse

I have been working with Java in an Eclipse IDE. I can type every single character just fine except for the '{' character. I need to resort to Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v every single time when I want to create a new block of {}.

In the Window>Preferences>Editor>Typing Braces are on, and they autocorrect just fine after I manage to copy a {.

Outside eclipse, in a text editor, or even in this question, I can type { by hitting Atl Gr + B, so I am thinking the problem is inside Eclipse.

Any help would be really appreciated, this error is getting quite annoying.

Upvotes: 19

Views: 35168

Answers (4)

user11431212
user11431212

Reputation:

Because people work differently and on different things, Eclipse makes it easy to change shortcuts and also to view shortcuts for the commands you use a lot.

In your case: Window->Preferences->Keys -> ctrl+alt+b Unbind Command should do the trick. It also the same in Spring Tool Suite 4(It is an Eclipse-based development environment.)

There is a usefull article about eclipse commands: How do you manage keyboard shortcuts

Upvotes: 1

rhozjan
rhozjan

Reputation: 11

Solution: Window → Perspective → Customize Perspective → Debug - → point on Skip All Breakpoints → Key bindings and change it form Ctrl + Alt + B to Ctrl + Alt + M.

Upvotes: 1

user6838933
user6838933

Reputation: 141

Go Windows-> Preferences type in search field 'binding' click on Keys, look up for Alt+B, click on it and then click Unbind Command.

Upvotes: 14

Gábor Csikós
Gábor Csikós

Reputation: 2927

The problem is with the skip breakpoints option. After unbinding the Alt+B key command, try to unbind the Ctr+Alt+B (skip brakepoints).

This solved my problem. If you try to type the "{" you can see the skip breakpoint option flashing.

Upvotes: 37

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