Eclipse copy/paste entire line keyboard shortcut

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Anyone know the keyboard shortcut to copy/paste a line into a new line in Eclipse, without having to highlight the entire line?

ctrl-alt-down turns my whole screen upside down (I'm on windows). Interestingly, that's what's specified in the windows->preferences.

Eclipse doesn't have this. IntelliJ does it very well. Ctrl-C will copy the whole line if nothing is highlighted. Also Ctrl-D duplicates a line as it is Ctrl-Alt-Down in eclipse. — fastcodejava, Feb 23 '10 at 21:50
Presumably flipping your screen upside down is not something you want to do often (unless you're a vampire/bat). Get rid of your graphics config and accept the best answer. — Stephen, Feb 23 '10 at 21:55
@fastcodejava Many people praised IntelliJ, but they still use eclipse. Is it because eclipse is the requirement of a team? — Nick, May 26 '14 at 01:34
Change Key preferences in Eclipse, assign some other shortcut "ctrl+alt+shit+down arrow" to "copy lines" action. — Akshay Lokur, Mar 09 '17 at 03:35

score 412 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '12 at 16:00

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Ctrl-Alt-Down: copies current line or selected lines to below

Ctrl-Alt-Up:: copies current line or selected lines to above

Ctrl-Shift-L: brings up a List of shortcut keys

See Windows/Preference->General->Keys.

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That makes my whole screen upside down (I'm on windows). Interestingly, that's specified in the windows/preference – Prabhu Feb 23 '10 at 21:45
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If you are using Intel HD Graphics, it's quite possible that these shortcuts are binded by Intel graphics util. You can disable hotkeys from notification area util -> Graphic Options -> Hot Keys -> Disable. After that I could use those useful shortcuts. – ilvez Feb 23 '13 at 17:55
put you may have to look at this http://superuser.com/questions/373832/disable-alt-arrow-display-flip – Mohammed Subhi Sheikh Quroush Mar 04 '13 at 17:14
Anything for deleting a whole line? – CodyBugstein May 29 '13 at 21:28
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try searching for it, you'd find this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/591172/delete-a-line-in-eclipse – Pierre-Antoine LaFayette May 31 '13 at 15:35
CTRL + SHIFT + L is bringing up "Quick Text Search" in STS – fIwJlxSzApHEZIl Aug 15 '13 at 23:09
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@Imray - Ctrl + D will delete the whole line. – KrishPrabakar Oct 17 '13 at 07:05
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In Ubuntu it does not work because CTRL+ALT+down and CTRL+ALT+up are already used (workspace switching). What you can do is to redefine 'copy lines' and 'duplicate lines' to other keys sequences. I have used CTRL+ALT+D for down and CTRL+ALT+U for up. It works perfectly. – Rudy Vissers Oct 20 '14 at 12:04
I use Intel Graphic Card, when press `Ctrl+Alt+up/down`, have problem. My screen will rotate 180 degrees :) In this case, I must **disable default Intel Graphic Card shortcut keys** . It's my tip. – Vy Do May 11 '15 at 03:23
I have assigned new keys for these functions to be inline with vi editor `Windows>Preferences>General>Keys` – Reddy May 14 '15 at 10:30
FWIW this does not appear to work when using a remote desktop either – John Sep 03 '15 at 20:53
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@gopi1410 a better option is to simply ubuntu/unity "all settings / keyboard / shotcut / navigation" (at the list end) and remove (backspace) these keybings that I my case I never used and never will :). And also in CCSM http://askubuntu.com/a/70103/46437 – Aquarius Power Mar 12 '16 at 19:59
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Mac users: Analogously use "Alt-Command" instead of "Ctrl-Shift". – gustafbstrom Feb 18 '17 at 13:00
Had the problem that the shortcut was still not working after i disabled Intel HD Graphics-Hotkeys. The solution was to kill igfxHK.exe as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28650058/4870255 – Sebastian Ax Jun 25 '19 at 14:30

KrishPrabakar · Answer 2 · 2020-07-03T08:22:21.840

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(Tested on Windows) [Per below comments, works as well in Ubuntu, IBM RTC 4 / RSA 9]

In Eclipse, press Ctrl+Shift+L two times in succession (or Ctrl + 3 > type: Keys > Enter).
In 'type filter text' (search) text box, type Copy Lines
Select the filtered row, right click the 'Binding' field, and do Select All
Press Ctrl+Shift+V
Give OK

From now on, for any line you want to duplicate, just press Ctrl+Shift+V.

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answered Oct 17 '13 at 07:25

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i added Ctrl+D for copy paste current line successfully. thanks – Dashrath Jun 11 '14 at 10:21
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I didn't use `Ctrl + D` as it is already a registered shortcut for deleting a line in Eclipse. – KrishPrabakar Nov 22 '14 at 08:45
Works on IBM RTC 4 / RSA 9. – ThiagoPonte Mar 23 '16 at 16:37
I'm using eclipse mars on windows but not getting any row while filtering. – Ashish Kumar Apr 21 '17 at 10:07
`Ctrl+Shift+V` is now the shortcut that lets you paste in MyClass:123 and jump to line 123, and linkifies stack traces. Probably too useful to overwrite now. – Noumenon Feb 16 '18 at 00:49
Doesn't look like a 'shortcut' to me. – Neeraj Apr 27 '18 at 07:01
Works in Ubuntu – Mahdi Jul 02 '18 at 20:29
I use Ctrl + P to paste current line to new line – Nilesh Apr 23 '21 at 04:33
@Nilesh Ctrl + P is a universal shortcut for "Print" – KrishPrabakar Jun 11 '21 at 17:47

clav · Answer 3 · 2019-11-05T16:04:12.667

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You have to turn off the graphics hot keys that flip the screen. If you're on Windows, you need to right click on the Windows desktop and select "Graphics Properties..." (or something similar depending on your version of Windows). This will bring up a screen where you can manage graphics and display options, look for a place where you can disable hot keys, sometimes it's hidden under something like "Options and Support". Turn off the CTRL + ALT + ↑ and CTRL + ALT + ↓ hotkeys (alternatively you can just disable all graphics hot keys if you're not using them).

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It works like charm. I am using Windows 7. To disable all I did is to Right click on the Windows desktop and select "Graphics Properties" ->Options. Then selected "Off" at the left side on the resulting screen. This disabled all hotkey combination. I think there is no way to disable only some them, its all or none. Anyway I didn't need them. – nanosoft Dec 13 '14 at 16:40
Yay! I didn't even had to restart Eclipse, just disabled the Intel HD Graphics shortcuts and ctrl-alt-down just started working. – metatron Dec 09 '18 at 11:21

score 17 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 02 '12 at 12:55

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If you want to copy a line to the clipboard you can also use the trick:

Ctrl-Alt-Down followed by Ctrl-X

The drawback is that the file where you copy the line from becomes dirty.

answered Oct 02 '12 at 12:55

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What do you mean by dirty? – Mafro34 Nov 22 '13 at 08:10
I mean by dirty that the file is marked as changed by Eclipse, while the content is not really changed. – Renso Lohuis Feb 04 '14 at 10:41
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To copy a line to the clipboard, Shift+ Down, followed by Ctrl-C, might be a better idea. – Nick May 26 '14 at 01:32
That requires you to move your right hand from the mouse to keyboard and back. The whole point of a 'copy line' feature is to prevent that. – Mark Jeronimus Sep 28 '20 at 13:25

score 14 · Answer 5 · answered May 09 '13 at 12:17

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Ctrl-D would delete a line
Ctrl-Z would undo deletion, with highlithing entire line
Ctrl-X/C cut or copy entire line

The advantage over Ctrl-Alt-Down followed by Ctrl-X suggested by other users is that it doesn't make eclipse think that the file was changed in any way. It's also faster and causes no problems even if the user has rotating screen issue with Ctrl-Alt-Down/Up keyboard shorcut. So there's no need to remap shorcuts for this.

Another way to go would be hitting Alt-Shift-Up until the entire line gets selected. If you've gone too far, of course you can select less with Alt-Shift-Down.

answered May 09 '13 at 12:17

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One inconvenience is that it copies actually 2 lines, the original line plus line-break. – user1278890 Nov 22 '16 at 17:30
@user1278890 Sure, that might be considered both inconvenience or extra advantage :) Thanks for your feedback! – beam022 Nov 24 '16 at 09:57

Imranmadbar · Answer 6 · 2018-06-28T04:48:14.380

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If Your Window pc, you may try this, it's also for STS:

Ctrl + win + Alt + Down :: Copy current line or selected line to below

Ctrl + win + Alt + Up :: Copy current line or selected line to above

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score 11 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 31 '11 at 08:54

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I've written the linecopypaste plugin for Eclipse that mimics Visual Studio's copy/cut/paste behaviour. I've also found copycutcurrentline which appears to do the same.

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Chris · Answer 8 · 2015-06-17T08:25:20.217

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On my Mac the default setting is is ALT+CMD+Down

You can change/view all key bindings by going Eclipse -> Preferences (shortcut CMD+,) and then General -> Keys

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score 7 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Ctrl+Alt+Down Copies current line to below like notepad++ (Ctrl+D)

If your whole screen is 180° rotted then you should disable your hotkey settings.

Right Click -> Graphics Options -> Hot Keys -> Disable

That it now you done try shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Down

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score 5 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 22:14

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Try this in MAC.

ALT + COMMAND + DOWN

it works.

answered Feb 13 '18 at 22:14

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score 4 · Answer 11 · edited Dec 16 '16 at 00:26

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If anyone using Mac computer the CTRL + ALT + DOWN keys doesn't work.

Try it with,

ALT + COMMAND + DOWN

It works.

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Harvinder Singh · Answer 12 · 2021-11-22T17:46:10.590

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We can assign any command to any action(given) in Eclipse From Menu Bar go to Window > Preferences then search for the keys then search copy line then click on copy line and then click on command in Binding and peform a command which you wish to use for duplicating line i use ctrl+shift+d you can choose whatever you want

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score 3 · Answer 13 · edited Mar 29 '17 at 08:43

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I have to change the assigned key, e.g.

Windows/Preference --> General --> Keys

Select "Duplicate Lines" under command Click on "Binding" Ctrl + Shift + D

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score 3 · Answer 14 · edited Mar 12 '17 at 18:03

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On Mac, I've tried the linecopypaste and it works great cmd+c -> Copy current (unselected) line, just like "yy" command in Vi/Vim cmd+v -> Paste it, like "p" command in Vi/Vim

Thank's Larsch for your work!

PD: Using Eclipse Luna 4.4.2 in Yosemite

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score 2 · Answer 15 · edited Mar 29 '17 at 07:51

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Disabling the hot keys for the Intel Driver worked for me for Windows 7. However, for Windows 8, when I tried that, it prevented eclipse from getting the Ctrl-Alt-Down keystoke. I had to change the Intel driver key binding to Ctrl-Alt-F10 (or something else it will accept). Eclipse then gets the Ctrl-Alt-Down and copies the line.

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Maybe its not available in all versions, but looking at the Intel HD Graphics Control Panel there's also an option to "Disable" all shortcuts underneath the "Mange Hot Keys" section. I just disabled it all... (irritating that they force you to specify a key binding for everything when "Manage Hot Keys" is enabled) – dutoitns Jun 04 '17 at 05:29

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 17:36

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Just another approach:

1) Alt+Up and Alt+Down (or Alt+Down and Alt+Up, order does not matter)
2) Ctrl+C

But of course vim's "yy" is the fastest :)

answered Nov 22 '16 at 17:36

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score 2 · Answer 17 · edited Jul 30 '18 at 09:11

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For mac, shift+alt+down_arrow works in netbeans' editor.

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score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Aug 27 '19 at 06:17

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It's working with me on , Eclipse + Spring tool suite .

ALT + COMMAND + DOWN

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score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Dec 13 '14 at 16:42

I am using Windows 7. To disable that all I did is to Right click on the Windows desktop and select "Graphics Properties" ->Options. Then selected "Off" at the left side on the resulting screen. This disabled all hotkey combination. I think there is no way to disable only some them, its all or none. Anyway I didn't need them. So now crtl+Alt+Up and Crtl+Alt+down works for me in Eclipse and my screen stays same :) I think similar option also exist in other versions of Windows. Have fun :)

score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Mar 13 '17 at 05:55

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To copy text from the begining of line to the cursor position: ctrl + insert

It does the job and save a lot of time for me.

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score 0 · Answer 21 · edited Dec 16 '16 at 12:45

ctrl+alt+down/up/left/right takes precedence over eclipse settings as hot keys. As an alternative, I try different approach.

Step 1: Triple click the line you want to copy & press `Ctrl`-`C`(This will
select & copy that entire line along with the `new line`).
Step 2: Put your cursor at the starting of the line where you want to to paste
your copied line & press `Ctrl`-`V`.(This will paste that entire line & will
push previous existing line to the new line, which we wanted in the first place).

score 0 · Answer 22 · edited Dec 16 '16 at 00:32

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The Ctrl+Alt+Down / Ctrl+Alt+Up flips my screen so I overrode that in the Eclipse shortcuts via Window => Preferences => General => Keys. Search for "dupl" to find the Duplicate Lines command. I overrode the default and chose Ctrl+Shift+D. For me, that's easy to remember just like Ctrl+D to delete lines

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Jul 30 '16 at 03:41

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For personal usage, I add a vim plugin like Vrapper to Eclipse and just use yy to copy entire line.

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score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Mar 12 '17 at 16:18

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The combination of Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Down worked for me on Linux.

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answered Mar 10 '17 at 15:33

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 09:23

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Another shortcut way to do this is press Ctrl+Shift+L and select which command you want to perform and hit enter

its best practice for beginner.

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jul 27 '22 at 00:02

See how to make the eclipse default shortcut work ctrl alt↓

Select line: Put cursor on the line to copy, select line with ShiftHome if cursor in the end of line or ShiftEnd if cursor is in starting of line
Duplicate line below (default expected behavior) or above ctrl alt↓ or ctrl alt ↑ but the key here is you need to select the line/block

Some answers focus on disabling the screen Rotation in Windows or any other OS, that applies to prevent accidental keypress.

Eclipse copy/paste entire line keyboard shortcut

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