- Download the latest zip archive with the plugin.
- You'll find a single JAR file inside
plugins
directory in it. - Place this JAR to the
dropins
directory of your Eclipse installation. - (Re)?start Eclipse.
- Go to
Help
->Install New Software
. - Work with http://madhead.github.io/eclipse-uuid-generator-plugin/updatesite/.
- Select
UUID generator
.
Just place the caret in editor anywhere you want to insert the UUID and press Ctrl + Alt + U. You can change the shortcut in your settings, the command name is Generate UUID
.