Type ahead autocompletion in Eclipse

Question

Do Eclipse have a plugin for type ahead autocompletion like Visual Studio, so I don\'t have to destroy my spacebar by pressing Ctrl+Space all the time? (If

Answer 1

I know that Claus spoke of Java in the second part of his question, but the general question is about any language in Eclipse (no Java tag here), so the following might be of use to python eclipse coders:

Go to Windows -> Preferences -> PyDev -> Editor -> Code Completion. Here, check the box next to "Request completion on all letter chars and '_'?".

(Purposefully similar to Cristi's answer.)