Show only build errors relevant to the current item

• Under the Problems tab, click the "Configure the filters to be applied to this view" button at the right hand side of the screen (across from the Problems tab).
• Select "On selected element and it's children"

Organize the projects listed under the Project Explorer by creating working sets

• Click the arrow at the top right of the Project Explorer pane
• Go to "Configure Working Sets", and group your projects accordingly
• Click the arrow again, and go to Top Level Elements -> Working Sets

Make the project explorer always show the file you're currently editing

• Click the "Link with Editor" icon in the Package Explorer pane

To debug a BlackBerry project for the first time

• Once the project is built, run mvn jdwp
• Right click the project and go to Properties -> Debug As -> Open Debug Dialog
• Add a new Remote Java Application with all the default settings.
• Click Debug
• To get on the internet through the simulator, you must run "C:\tools\RIM\ess-mds\4.1.2\MDS\run.bat"

Ignore whitespace when comparing files (ex: committing to subversion)

• Go to Window -> Preferences -> General -> Compare/Patch
• Check "Ignore white space" and hit OK.

Remove the SVN URLs from the Package Explorer

• Go to Window -> Preferences -> General -> Appearance -> Label Decorations
• Uncheck "SVN Project" and hit OK.

Prevent the Package Explorer from auto scrolling left and right

• Run Eclipse in compatibility mode for Windows XP

Automatically find classes and generate import statements

• Press Ctrl-Shift-O

Remove generated files from searches

• By default when you do a search, Eclipse will search your source folders, as well as any folders generated by build tools (like src/test/jde). To exclude files or folders from searches, you can mark them as "Derived". To do this, right click the file/folder, check "Derived", and hit OK. This works well for target directories as well.