Run Menu Actions

The Run Menu, found on the main menu of the Eclipse workbench contains all of the actions required run, debug, step through code and work with breakpoints. Different parts of the
menu are visible at different times, as each perspective can be customized to show only specific capabilities.

The Run Menu commands.

Run Menu Commands
Name	Description	Shortcut
Add Java Exception Breakpoint	Opens the Add Java Exception dialog to select the exception breakpoint type to create
Add Class Load Breakpoint	Opens the Select Type dialog to select the Java type to add a class load breakpoint to
All Instances...	Displays all of the instances of the selected type in the current VM in a popup (only available with a Java 1.6 VM)	Ctrl + Shift + N
All References...	Displays all of the references of the selected type in the current VM in a popup (only available with a Java 1.6 VM)
Debug As	Presents a sub menu of registered debug launch shortcuts. Launch shortcuts provide support for workbench or active editor selection sensitive launching.
Debug History	Presents a sub menu of the recent history of launch configurations launched in debug mode
Debug Last Launched / Debug	Allows you to quickly repeat the most recent launch in debug mode or to debug the current selection, if that mode is supported (based on your current launch settings).	F11
Display	Uses the Display view to show the result of evaluating the selected expression in the context of a stack frame or variable in that thread. If the current active part is a Java Snippet Editor, the result is displayed there.	Ctrl + Shift + D
Execute	Within the context of the Java snippet editor, this command allows you to evaluate an expression but does not display a result.	Ctrl + E
Force Return	Forces the current method to return with the specified value	Alt + Shift + F
Inspect	Uses the Expressions view to show the result of inspecting the selected expression or variable in the context of a stack frame or variable in that thread.	Ctrl + Shift + I
Open Debug Dialog...	This command opens the launch configuration dialog to manage debug mode launch configurations.
Open Run Dialog...	Opens the launch configuration dialog to manage run mode launch configurations.
Remove All Breakpoints	Removes all of the breakpoints from the current workspace
Resume	Resumes a suspended thread.	F8
Run As	Presents a sub menu of registered run launch shortcuts. Launch shortcuts provide support for workbench or active editor selection sensitive launching.
Run History	Presents a sub menu of the recent history of launch configurations launched in run mode
Run Last Launched / Run	Allows you to quickly repeat the most recent launch in run mode or quickly run the selected resource, if that mode is supported (based on your current launch settings).	Ctrl + F11
Run To Line	Executes the program to the currently selected line in the editor	Ctrl + R
Step Into	Steps into the current statement.	F5
Step Into Selection	Steps into the selected statement in the editor	Ctrl + F5
Step Over	Steps over the highlighted statement. Execution will continue at the next line either in the same method or (if you are at the end of a method) it will continue in the method from which the current method was called. The cursor jumps to the declaration of the method and selects this line.	F6
Step Return	Steps out of the current method. This option stops execution after exiting the current method.	F7
Suspend	Suspends the selected thread of a target so that you can browse or modify code, inspect data, step, and so on.
Terminate	Terminates the selected debug target.	Ctrl + F2
Toggle Breakpoint	Toggles the appropriate type of breakpoint based on what is currently selected	Ctrl + Shift + B
Toggle Line Breakpoint	Toggles a line breakpoint on the current executable line of code
Toggle Method Breakpoint	Toggles a method breakpoint on the currently selected method declaration
Toggle Watchpoint	Toggles a watchpoint on the currently selected field
Use Step Filters	Toggles step filters on/off. When on, all step functions apply step filters.	Shift + F5
Watch	Used to create a watch item. A watch item is an expression in the Expressions view whose value is updated as you debug.

Related concepts

Debugger
Java development tools (JDT)
Local Debugging
Remote Debugging

Related Reference

Debug Preferences
Run and Debug toolbar actions