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Select everything

CtrlA

Windows Desktop app Eclipse IDE default key scheme

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In Eclipse IDE, Ctrl + A will select everything. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Editor

Where this comes from

List of Key Bindings - Eclipse help

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Select everything Adobe After Effects Cmd + A
Select everything Audacity Ctrl + A
Select all the text in the field Bitwarden Cmd + A
Select everything Blender A
Select everything on the page ChromeOS Ctrl + A
Select every note in the list Evernote Cmd + A
Select every clip Final Cut Pro Cmd + A
Select all Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + A
Select everything GarageBand Cmd + A
Select all visible items Google Drive Cmd + A
Select the whole image GIMP Ctrl + A
Select every note Google Keep Cmd + A

More Eclipse IDE shortcuts

Open find and replace Ctrl + F
Find the next occurrence Ctrl + K
Find the previous occurrence Ctrl + Shift + K
Start incremental find Ctrl + J
Show the tooltip description F2
Open content assist Ctrl + Space
Show quick fixes Ctrl + 1
Show parameter hints Ctrl + Shift + Space

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