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Eclipse cursor changes to crosshair

I was working in Eclipse Java EE IDE. While using it, mouse cursor changes to cross-hair. Now its displaying as cross-hair in editors. Where to change it?

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Muhammad Imran Tariq Avatar asked May 01 '12 06:05

Muhammad Imran Tariq


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1 Answers

Most likely this is the block edit mode. Try pressing Alt+Shift+A.

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Thomas Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 16:09

Thomas