Codeblocks variable highlighting... what's happened?

Question

Background: I'm a big fan of using Codeblocks to do C++. I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and installed Codeblocks via the Ubuntu Software Centre.

My Problem: All is going great, apart from one minor thing which is missing. When I double click on a variable, other instances of that variable used to be highlighted too. This was an extremely useful way I debugged my programs. But it isn't here on the new version for some reason.

I would like the feature shown in the screenshot below to be set. Where is the option?

Please can someone help me out, maybe there's an option I'm missing?

Answer 1

Install the contrib plugins for Code::Blocks IDE (codeblocks-contrib) to enable occurrences highlighting in Code::Blocks.

sudo apt install codeblocks-contrib

In Code::Blocks select Settings -> Editor -> Occurrences Highlighting (scroll down in the pane on the left side to find it) and then put a check mark in the three checkboxes under Highlight occurrences of selection as shown in the below screenshot.

The three checkboxes to select are:

1. Highlight occurrences
2. Case sensitive
3. Whole words only

Then click the OK button to apply the changed settings. You can also put a check mark to the left of the two settings under Permanently highlighted occurrences in order to apply these settings.