Changing the behavior of the Eclipse auto-complete (Content Assist)

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When I am programming in Eclipse, the auto-complete \ suggestions box usually opens when typing a dot (for example after typing System. or SomeObject., and stays open while typing a similar code to any of the suggested.

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I often use the auto-complete \ suggestions box to my advantage, and there are couple of changes I would like to make in order to improve my productivity while programming, if possible;


  • Is there any way to make the suggestions box visible all the time, showing suggestions in real-time (and showing a blank box when there are no available suggestions) ?

  • Is there any way to add permanent custom suggestions to the suggestions box (e.g. a switch case template or a line of code like public String toString()) ?

  • Is there any way to re-order the suggestions box (e.g. class private variables before general functions or System.out.println() before System.out.print()) ?

  • Is there any way to re-design the suggestions box - i.e changing its text color, background color, re-sizing the suggestions box window and removing the yellow java-doc pop-up?

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