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One nice thing about NetBeans 6 is that it includes Eclipse key bindings by default. This makes the transition from Eclipse a lot easier.

Unfortunately not all keyboard shortcuts are mapped properly, at first I thought the unmapped Eclipse shortcuts didn't have equivalents in NetBeans, but as I have been getting more familiar with NetBeans, I have found equivalent for most missing keyboard shortcuts.

In order to add the missing keyboard shortcuts, go to Tools-> Options, then click on "Keymap", then select "Eclipse" from the "Profile" drop down.

Without further ado, here are the missing keyboard shortcuts from the Eclipse Profile in NetBeans:

LocationShortcutComment (Eclipse Lingo)
Edit -> Copy Ctrl+CCopy
Edit -> CutCtrl+XCut
Edit -> File Members Ctrl+OQuick Outline
Edit -> Find in ProjectsCtrl+HOpen Search Dialog
Edit -> Go To TypeCtrl+Shift+TOpen Type
Edit -> HierarchyCtrl+TQuick Hierarchy
Edit-> PasteCtrl+VPaste
Edit -> ReplaceCtrl+FFind/Replace
Edit-> UndoCtrl+ZUndo
Other -> Copy Selection else line downCtrl+Alt+Down ArrowCopy Lines
Other -> Copy Selection else line upCtrl+Alt+Up ArrowDuplicate Lines
Other -> Insert CodeAlt+Shift+SSource...
Other -> Insertion Point to Matching BraceCtrl+Shift+PGo to Matching Bracket
Other -> Move Selection else line downAlt+Down ArrowMove Lines Down
Other -> Move Selection else line upAlt+Up ArrowMove Lines Up
Other -> Show Documentation PopupF2Show Tooltip Description
Other -> Toggle CommentCtrl+/Toggle comment/uncomment current line
Refactor -> Find UsagesCtrl+Alt+HOpen Call Hiererchy
Source -> Fix CodeCtrl+1[1]Quick Fix
Source -> FormatCtrl+Shift+FFormat Source
Tools-> Go to FileCtrl+Shift+ROpen Resource

The attached zip file can be extracted to the .netbeans/6.0/config directory to add these shortcuts to NetBeans 6, there will be a new Keymap labeled "Eclipse_Improved". Selecting this keymap will add the above shortcuts to NetBeans.

Enhanced Eclipse Keymap

The .netbeans directory should be right under your home directory (assuming a username of foo, the home directory typically is /home/foo on Unix and Unix-like systems and c:\Documents And Settings\foo on Windows systems).

[#1] In order for this to work, the existing Ctrl+1 shortcut needs to be explicitly removed. It can be found under Project->Projects