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Keyboard shortcut to place tasktags in Eclipse

Is there any keyboard shortcut for placing task tags in eclipse like the TODO / FIXME / XXX ( user-defined)

Have searched on Google and was not able to find a shortcut.

Solution

  • I did not find any TODO shortcut but a possible solution is to create a template so when you write some string and hit Ctrl + spacebar and Enter your TODO code will be entered.

    Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Templates -> New

    • Set the Name of the template (e.g. todo)
    • Set the Pattern (e.g. //TODO)

    When you type todo and press Ctrl + spacebar and Enter // TODO will be inserted

    Such a trivial todo is useless but you can tweak it by using variables as shown in the picture. Use "Insert Variable" button to insert variables.

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    When you use the pattern shown in the picture following will be inserted:

    // TODO inserted by UserName [21. 1. 2015, 13:07:07]

    More about Java Editor Template Variables can be found here