syso shortcut isn't working in Eclipse IDE

Question

so when I'm trying to use the shortcut syso in eclipse IDE it opens a suggestion pop up instead of just displaying System.out.println like it used to any suggestions to fix this? (I added an example to show what's happening)

Answer 1

See Nitin Dahyabhai's answer for the straightforward and recommended solution.

Alternatively, to avoid that the content assist proposes for syso also the type jdk.internal.misc.FileSystemOption, you can add to the system library the access rule Forbidden **/internal/** (assuming Hide forbidden references is enabled in Type Filters):

1. Go to Project > Properties: Java Build Path tab Libraries
2. Select Acceess rules which is a sub-node of the JRE System Library
3. Click Edit...
4. In the Type Access Rules dialog, click Add...
5. In the Add Access Rules dialog, enter **/internal/** click OK
6. In the Type Access Rules dialog, click OK
7. Click Apply and Close

Alternatively, you can change the name of the sysout template in the preferences in Java > Editor > Templates.

Answer 2

You could use the Type Filters preference page for this, as you almost never want to refer to anything in the jdk.internals packages, and it will apply regardless of the JDK you're using.