Less known but useful features in Eclipse
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Solution
The plugin Spy (Alt+Shift+F1) is certainly one not very advertised. Yet if you have any question about "how I develop a feature X looking like the one in eclipse", it can be very useful to quickly locate the right eclipse java source which does implement that feature!
(source: willianmitsuda.com)
See also this Guide to eclipse3.5:
The Plugin Spy gives you easily information about the running UI. Press Alt+Shift+F1 to get information about the current running Eclipse plugin / data types / screen. This way you can get immediately access to the plugin which is currently running.
(source: vogella.de)
Eclipse 3.5 introduced the possibility to check which plugin contributed a menu. Press "Alt+Shift+F2" and select a menu to see who is contributing this menu
(source: vogella.de)
Problem
I have been using Eclipse for a long time, the feature that is less known but very useful is the Scrapbook Page, that allows you to execute sections of the Java code without having them to be complete classes. For example, if I need to execute this simple for-loop I can do this by creating a scrap page (File->New->Other->Scrapbook Page) and then typing the following and they pressing the "Execute the Selected Text" or Ctrl-U will execute the code directly ``` for (int i=0; i < 10; ++i) { System.out.println("Here is the scrapbook page line: " + i); } ``` Please post other less known but useful features that are available with eclipse. I know that there are entries in SO that mention the useful shortcuts available in eclipse, however this one is about forgotten or less known features