Eclipse provides keyboard shortcuts for the most common actions.

Using shortcuts is usually preferable as you can perform actions much faster.

For example you can open a Preference, a Wizard, a view and a Preference page.

Cursor is placed where it was before you opened the next editor.

Choose the view to switch to with your mouse or cycle through the entries with repeating the keystroke.

The difference between a regular enter is that the currently line is unchanged, independently of the position of the cursor.

My understanding of IDEAs shortcuts are that theyre non-modal: a given shortcut will have the same meaning regardless of the current view, is this correct As a previous Eclipse user I was using the Eclipse keymaps, but as I get more confortable with IDEA I want to start using IDEAs native keymaps.

My understanding of IDEAs shortcuts are that theyre non-modal: a given shortcut will have the same meaning regardless of the current view, is this correct yes As a previous Eclipse user I was using the Eclipse keymaps, but as I get more confortable with IDEA I want to start using IDEAs native keymaps.

Is this expected, or a bug in this keymap IJ actions are context-bound, e.g.

Generate action is not available at the project view, thats why it will not be picked up during matching a pressed keystroke (however, both actions are available at editor context, thats why it looks not that good that they are bound to the same shortcut).

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