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I'm having a problem because the Eclipse menu item for re-running recent runs is so tiny. Sometimes I miss it slightly and I either hit the run button or the run with coverage button, which I then have to hit stop repeatedly and confirm a whole bunch of dialog boxes. Really annoying usability! I searched through all the key commands but couldn't find anything that would let me hit a hotkey to open the menu, like shown below when I actually manage to click that tiny down triangle.

screenshot of run menu menu open

Is there a better way? Ideally I'd just like to hit ctrl-R or cmd-R and the menu will appear, with the first one highlighted.

Currently, using Eclipse Photon.

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Standard menu shorcuts worked for me. This will open the External tools menu from menu bar

Alt + R
E

There's also an option to assign a shorcut to the last used external tool. The post is old so the breadcrumb is now (unassigned by default)

Windows -> preferences -> General -> Keys -> Run Last Launched External Tool

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  • That's a different menu, and it only works on Windows because Windows provides those shortcuts. As you can see from the screenshot, I'm on a Mac. – Alex Green Oct 09 '18 at 19:30
  • So, there's no `Run` menu on Mac? If there is, the [this](https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/navigate-the-menu-bar-dock-and-more-using-your-macs-keyboard/) can help. – LMC Oct 09 '18 at 20:18