Keyboard shortcut to navigate to next/previous search match in eclipse for java

Question

Is it possible to assign a shortcut to this function?

Answer 1

CTRL+K forward and CTRL+SHIFT+K back :

Highlight a word or phrase you want to search for. Hitting CTRL+K will take you to the next without having to open the Search control window. Please also upvote @feedbackloop for his comment here/below with the shortcut to go to the previous!

I'm using CFEclipse. I don't know if the same applies to what workbench you're using.

Answer 2

The solution I use to go to next/previous search match even when the search result view is not focused is as follows:

• Use the prev/next shortcuts as usual when the search view is focused: Ctrl + . and Ctrl + ,.
• Configure the same keys to focus the search result view when it's not focused. Window > Preferences > General > Keys - Search: "Show View (Search)", Press "Copy Command", Set binding: "CTRL+.", when: "Editing Text" (and similar configuration for "CTRL+,").

That way these keyboard shortcuts will work both when search results are active and inactive.

Note: In order not to sacrifice the ability to use shortcut keys to navigate to previous/next results in other views (e.g. Problems view, etc) you can assign different keys for navigating the currently focused view.