Minecraft Modding with Forge

Appendix B. Eclipse Shortcuts and Correct Imports

Eclipse Shortcuts

Eclipse is a very powerful tool and includes lots of options for editing Java. These options can be accessed using different menus. However, sometimes clicking menu items for repetitive tasks can be cumbersome or boring, so Eclipse enables some helpful shortcuts that allow you to become a better modder. For example, the Import shortcut can be very useful if you have a lot of classes to import.

Table B-1 provides a handy list of shortcuts (note that there are different shortcuts depending on your platform).

Table B-1. Eclipse shortcuts

Usage	Windows shortcut	Mac shortcut
Save the current file	Ctrl-S	Cmd-S
Import everything	Ctrl-Shift-O	Cmd-Shift-O
Comment the selected text	Ctrl-/	Cmd-/
Uncomment the selected text	Ctrl-/	Cmd-/
Show options for code completion	Ctrl-Space	Control-Space
Quick fix for errors and warnings, depends on the cursor position	Ctrl-1	Control-1
Rename the selected element	Alt-Shift-R	Alt-Cmd-R
Format source code	Ctrl-Shift-F	Control-Shift-F
Maximize Java editor	Ctrl-M	Cmd-M
Run Minecraft	Ctrl-F11	Cmd-Fn-F11
Complete list of shortcuts	Ctrl-Shift-L	Cmd-Shift-L

Correct Imports

Different Java packages can have classes with the same name. Obviously, only a class from a particular package will serve the intended purpose for our code. So, when importing classes during mod creation, it’s important to pick the right package.

This can be easily done using Ctrl-Shift-O ...