Java IDE: Eclipse and NetBeans annoyances : any possible fixes or alternatives?

I like the Eclipse IDE, but it has an annoying bug that makes it too frustrating, where I will be typing a line of text, and after the carriage return or scrolling, the IDE draws the line incorrectly or overlaps itself, making it impossible for me to decipher it without scrolling back up to erase the line and let it refresh itself.

Both NetBeans and Eclipse have a problem where the context help will only appear after a '.' is entered after an identifier while I'm typing. After any incorrect letters have been entered or a symbol or space is typed, 开发者_C百科the context help will disappear and not return until I erase all the way back to the point and retype it.

Is there any way to fix these problems? They are very annoying to me. If not, are there any better IDEs available?

EDIT: Eclipse release was Europa; upgrading to Helios release solved everything

I think you should try IntelliJ IDEA 10.

Never had the line drawing issue.

In Eclipse, the auto-complete / context menu can always be brought back up, at any time, by hitting ctrl+space

In eclipse check out

Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist

In there are some options for Auto-Activation that you can tweak, and yes... putting every character on your keyboard into the Auto activation triggers for Java option will do pretty much what VS does.

Thanks for asking this question cause it lead me to try this! :D