Type ahead autocompletion in Eclipse

Question

Do Eclipse have a plugin for type ahead autocompletion like Visual Studio, so I don\'t have to destroy my spacebar by pressing Ctrl+Space all the time? (If

Answer 1

My answer may come too late, but maybe will help others searching this feature in eclipse. This workaround works for me (eclipse helios):

Go to Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist. Here, enable Auto activation and set Auto activation delay to a low value, let's say 50 ms. Then comes the workaround: In Auto activation triggers for java, simply put all the characters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.

And there you go, just type something.