Eclipse surround with quotes and other blocks

Question

I find myself wanting to highlight a string in eclipse and double or single quoting it. I can\'t seem to find a shortcut for it. In textmate for example if i highlight a s

Answer 1

Go to Java > Editor > Templates and add a new template, e. g. called quote, as follows:

 "${word_selection}"${cursor}

Then, in the editor, write a text you want to quote, select it, press Ctrl+Space, type quote and hit Return. The highlighted text should be quoted now.

If you don't get template proposals when pressing Ctrl+Space, make sure you have them checked in Java > Editor > Content Assist > Advanced.

Just tried it and it works for me!