为什么在Eclipse中禁用“Generate Getters and Setters ...”快捷方式？

Question

I am using Eclipse 4.9.0.

I have a whole bunch of fields for which I want to generate getters and setters in a certain file. However, the option does not appear in the context menu (alt+shift+S), and if I go to menu bar Source > Generate Getters and Setters... , it is grayed out (disabled).

In another file in the same project the option is available, so it is not a problem with my IDE.

To make things stranger, when I hover over the variables and the suggestions to address that these variables are not used come up, one of them is the option to create getters and setters, and selecting that does bring up the dialogue, but only for one field at a time. It does successfully create getters and setters that way.

Sample code:

@Entity
public class sampleClass extends anotherClass {

  @Id
  private String sampleVar1;
  private String sampleVar2;
  private Date sampleVar3;
  private int sampleVar4;

What would cause the getter/setter generation to be disabled?

Answer 1

I think the problem is your cursor placement. I guess you are not placing your mouse pointer in the right place. If you place your cursor anywhere outside the class parenthesis then you may not be able to generate it. Make sure your mouse pointer is next to your variable assignment. Let me know if this helps.