This has happened to me several times: when working with eclipse, suddenly my german keyboard layout switched to the standard english keyboard layout. I couldn’t find any Preference-setting in eclipse for keyboard layout switching…

Finally, the mystery is explained: de tomKronieken: Eclipse keyboard cycling

„de tomKronieken“ found out its „alt-shift“ that switches the layout. and „-marc=“ comments that this is a windows xp shortcut. It hasn’t occurred to me before because it’s only in eclipse I use such „complex“ shortcuts like „alt-shift-R“…

Watch this flash-movie to find out where this shortcut is hidden.

Deutsch: Das Keyboard-Layout ändert sich manchmal plötzlich, wenn ich Eclipse (unter Windows XP) benutze. Das ist ein Windows-XP-Feature: mit Alt-Shift wechselt man zum nächsten Tastaturlayout.