SVN key bindings not working in Eclipse

35
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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?

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2 Answers

72
votes

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

0
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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.