Eclipse highlights the same word occurrence

Question

In Notepad ++, it has a very good feature: if I select a word, it will highlight all the same words in the text. Added to this, I can set hotkeys to highlight up to five different words with different styles (see Effect below).

Are there any ways / plugins to get a similar effect in eclipse? I know when editing Java, it selects all the same variables, but will not work when I select comments and edit other types of files (e.g. xml, html, js, css, etc.).

Answer 1

I have been working with Eclipse for a long time, and I am quite sure that the canonical way to this does not exist.

In Eclipse, these things are managed based on each editor, and the Java editor does not support what you are looking for for everything I know. At least for the Java editor, you can make a little configuration in what is highlighted and how ( Preferences > Java > Editor > Mark Occurrences ), but I think you already know that.

As for the plugins, I do not know a single plugin that achieves what you are looking for. Actually, I would be surprised if there really was a plugin that does what you are looking for.

If something comes, I would really appreciate that you share it here, I tried to achieve decent lighting in Eclipse for years unsuccessfully ... :)

Answer 2

Here is the plugin for eclipse: http://ystrot.imtqy.com/glance/

It selects all occurrences, like using notepad ++ when pressing Ctrl + Alt + F.

Answer 3

If you turn on "Mark Occurrences", then all words that match the ones you marked will be highlighted.

You can enable it in two ways:

• Alt + Shift + O

• Preferences > Java > Editor > Mark Occurrences

  

Answer 4

Below is what I found for me, but you can also assign a key label "Find text in file":

• Select a word or section of text
• Press CTR+3 to activate the Quick Access search.
• Enter "Find text in file"
• Run

As @Kislingk already mentioned, you can change how words are highlighted / marked in Preferences> General> Editors> Text Editors> Annotations.

Answer 5

Using file search to search for a selected resource can highlight the same word in a single file.

Answer 6

Another useful eclipse plugin is eclipse instasearch . It has an extensive feature set. It is also available in the eclipse market.

Answer 7

Here is the closest solution I found:

• Create a shortcut in Settings / General / Keys, enter in the search field: "Find text in file" By default, it has nothing assigned, so just assign it a key binding.

• Annotations can help with sidebar display

Answer 8

There are other options required to enable. (Settings> General> Editors> Text Editors> Annotations). Find Events and WriteOccurrences and Include Text as "Highlight"

Answer 9

Tried all of the above answers, but all of them do not work. In the end, I found that due to the fact that I accidentally deleted from the JRE System Library , after adding back, it works correctly

Answer 10

Window> Preferences> Java> Editor> Mark Incidents