SVN key bindings not working in Eclipse

Question

I installed Eclipse 3.6 64-bit on a fresh Windows 7. I tried setting some key bindings using the Keys section of the preferences window, namely:

• Alt + C - commit using SVN

• Alt + U - update using SVN

• Alt + R - revert using SVN

It all worked flawlessly in the past on Eclipse 3.5 32bit on Windows XP, but it just doesn't work in my recent setup. When I'm navigating to the 'Team' menu, the shortcuts do appear next to the aforementioned actions (i.e. Eclipse writes Alt + U next to 'Update to HEAD').

Any suggestions?

Armentrout

Answer 1

It may be due to this breaking change in Eclipse 3.6:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/porting/3.6/incompatibilities.html?view=co#objectContribution

EDIT:

Looks like it definitely is. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=309074. Here's the fix:

In the "Customize Perspective" dialog, go to the "Command Groups Availability" tab and check "Team" and "SVN".

In Eclipse Mars.2 (4.5.2) this is under Window->Perspective->Customize Perspective... dialog, "Action Set Availability" tab. (Try to restart Eclipse if it doesn't work after you change it). Customize Perspective dialog screenshot

Secund

You sir are my hero. Please notice that it is in the "Customize perspective" dialog (there is no "Customize Workspace" dialog). – Armentrout

Glad it worked (and you're right - I updated the answer w/ the right dialog name). – Secund

Nice, this was also the issue with Eclipse on OSX. – Cogswell

Solved the same issue with Eclipse 3.7.1 on Win 7 64 bit. – Harhay

The same problem exists on MAC with eclipse 4, and effectively enabling the SVN visibility in Menu made shortcuts work (both if defined in eclipse-shortcuts or in mac 'system preferences' application shortcuts) – Dulcinea

Still happening (and still a really helpful answer; thank you) four years later (Win 7 64-bit and Eclipse Luna). – Entanglement

Still valid as of April 2016. Confirmed the workaround in Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 (which is based on Eclipse). – Leftist

Answer 2

All eclipse workspace settings are stored in <eclipse-workspace-name>\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings folder. So, try copying this folder from your 32bit Windows XP environment into 64bit Windows 7 setup.

Inhesion