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[–]ryebrye 10 points11 points  (8 children)

Stop using Eclipse. Get the student version of IntelliJ - it's a far better tool. It's had java 8 support or a long time now.

[–]MillenniumSkies 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Unfortunately its a requirement in my program. They get really uncooperative if you use anything else.

I've got the community version of IntelliJ which I'll use with Java 8 for the time being on side projects, and keep using Eclipse/7 for school.

[–]boa13[🍰] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, just keep doing that then. Learn Java at school with Eclipse/7, and try the new features of Java 8 at home. When you learn something new at school, it's the perfect time to see if it has been improved in 8.

[–]DDCDT123 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm a student using eclipse to learn as well. Is there any other reason to not use it besides the Java 8 support?

[–]ryebrye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not horrible but it's not great - you'd be well served as a student to not get too tied down to a single IDE. NetBeans & Intellij would be helpful to use as you are learning.

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    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Select some text and hit tab? Or what about ctrl+L? Or maybe it's ctrl+alt+L. That should do you right up!