Ctrl-Space in Eclipse without Pressing Ctrl-Space

Question

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

Answer 1

Also to make Auto Complete work in XML files do the following changes in Preferences -> XML -> XML Files -> Editor -> Content Assist

Under Auto Activation section, provide the following values

1. Make Auto activation delay (ms): 0
2. Prompt when these characters are inserted: <=:._abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Following screenshot explains the same

Answer 2

What works:

Change the Auto activation triggers to .abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_

You're unlikely to type anything else to get assist started.

Answer 3

1. Window -> Preferences
2. Java -> Editor -> Content Assist
3. Change auto-activation to suit your preferences

You will probably want to set the delay to 0.

Answer 4

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):

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=101420