How to add eclipse shortcut in Ubuntu

 In /home/<user>/.local/share/applications/ add a file named eclipse.desktop with - 

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Java IDE
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;
Exec=/home/node/eclipse/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Icon=/home/node/eclipse/eclipse/icon.xpm
Name[en_US]=Eclipse