I've just started using Eclipse and I noticed that when I start typing a local variable name it doesn't come up with suggestions like Visual Studio does until I press Ctrl+Space. Is there any way to get it to do this automatically? I find Ctrl+Space an awkward key press.
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These bugs (and a solution if you use Eclipse >3.4) may be of interest to you:
A. Allow more character triggers as @Samuel said (fixed in 3.4 onwards):
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159157
Change the default in Auto activation triggers for Java to ._abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
B. Allow content assist everywhere automatically (not fixed):
- Window -> Preferences
- Java -> Editor -> Content Assist
- Change auto-activation to suit your preferences
You will probably want to set the delay to 0.
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