Eclipse: Keyboard shortcut for switching between consoles?

Question

In Eclipse (I'm using version 3.6 aka Helios), you can use Alt+Command+Q C (on Mac OS X or Alt+Shift+Q C on Windows/Linux) to give focus to the Console View. Ok. That's good.

My problem is that in order to switch between consoles inside that view you have to click the ridiculously small arrow next to the 'Display Selected Console' icon. See:

I find that quite annoying because I'm totally keyboard oriented and that is practically the only thing for which I have to use the mouse when in Eclipse. I'm frequently launching several Run Configurations at once, and every one opens a new Console. It is annoying trying to click that little arrow in order to 1) See what consoles are open and 2) switching between them. =(

Is there any keyboard friendly way of switching between opened consoles within the Console View?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3324062/eclipse-keyboard-shortcut-for-switching-between-consoles

Answer 1

I'm not sure when this feature was added, but at least in Indigo you can cycle through the consoles using the "Next Page" and "Previous Page" commands. These are mapped to Alt + F7 and Shift + Alt + F7 by default.