How to
remove all unused imports in Eclipse
Eclipse IDE gives warning "The import XXX is never used"
whenever it detect unused import in
Java source file and shows a yellow underline. Though unused import in Java
file does not create any harm, its unnecessary increase length and size of
Java source file and if you have too many unused imports in your Java source
file, those yellow underline and Eclipse warning affect readability and working.
In our last post on Eclipse, we have seen dome Java
debugging tips on Eclipse and in this post we will see Eclipse shortcut to
remove all unused imports in Eclipse. There are many option to tackle with this
problem e.g. you can collapse import section of code in Eclipse or you can
altogether remove all unused imports from Java file. Since Eclipse is favorite
IDE of many Java programmer, who love to do things fast in shortcuts, I will
also shared Eclipse shortcut to remove unused imports from Java program in this
article. This is one of many Eclipse shortcuts which we have discussed in our
post Top
30 Eclipse keyboard shortcut for Java programmer. Let's see How to remove all unused imports from Java
file in Eclipse IDE.
How to remove all unused imports from Java
file in Eclipse
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| Yellow underline on above pic denotes all unused imports in a Java Source file |
Here are couple of ways to remove all unused imports from Java in Eclipse
IDE :
1) Go to the line of unused import, press ctrl + 1 which is a
eclipse shortcut of quick fix, this will show a drop down menu to fix this
error and one of them would be "remove unused imports" and
it will remove that import statement from Java file.
2) Above option is not very efficient if you want to remove multiple
unused imports in single click because it removes them one by one. It's better
to use "Organize Imports" feature of Eclipse IDE to remove
multiple or all unused imports statement. For using this from Menu, Select Source-->Organize
Imports. This will remove all unused imports from that Java file.
3) Third and my preferred option to remove all unused import statement
from Java file is ctrl + shirt + O, which is a shortcut of
Organized import in Eclipse and you can say Eclipse shortcut to remove all unused import statement from Java
file. This will also work like previous option and remove all unused import
lines from source file.
Do you want a bonus Eclipse
tips ? If yes then here you go, you can save all keystrokes required to
remove all unused imports from Java source file by using Eclipse save
actions, which are actions Eclipse automatically perform when you save Java
file. Just check option of Organized imports in save action under Window-->Preferences->Java-->Editor-->Save
Actions. This saves heap lot of time while working in Eclipse and one of the
reason I love Eclipse IDE for Java
programming. You can also configure formatting and few other action which
will be taken by Eclipse automatically whenever you save you file.
One more advantage of using Organize import or shortcut ctrl +
shift +O is that it imports all packages which is required by code, So it
not only save time while removing import statement but also help to import
required packages in Java. It means if you copy paste some code and see lots of red line as
error due to non imported packages, just use this Eclipse shortcut or save your
source file if you have configured Eclipse save action to organize import.
That's all on Eclipse shortcut of removing all unused import statement
from Java source file in Eclipse IDE. Its always good to learn more about IDE
on which you are working e.g. Netbeans
or Eclipse to improve productivity.
To learn more Eclipse tips and tricks see following articles :
Source:http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2012/10/eclipse-shortcut-to-remove-all-unused-imports-java.html
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