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I pushed a magic button and now my cursor (the blinking thing that shows where you type) split itself and now Eclipse is acting like a plain text editor/like Microsoft Word. The cursor, which usually looks like "|", now looks like "¦" (what Wikipedia calls a 'broken bar' or a 'parted rule' rather than a normal 'vertical bar').
I just want to know how to get Eclipse to act normal again, and what I accidentally did so I don't do it again.
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You can change the mode by hitting the insert key. The mode is also indicated in the lower right of the editor status line.
Step 1: In the Windows search box, search for "ease of access" and select Ease of access mouse settings from the resulting list. Step 2: In the left-side menu, select Mouse pointer. Step 3: Under Change pointer size, you can adjust the bar to a size that works best for you.
You can set which Eclipse editor or external program to use to open a specific type of file based on its file extension. Just select Window→ Preferences→ Workbench→ File Associations, select the file type, and associate an editor or program with it (if nothing else, you can use Eclipse's default text editor).
It sounds like you have accidentally switched from Smart Insert mode to Insert mode.
Press Ctrl + Shift + Insert or tick Smart Insert Mode on the Edit menu to switch back.
Smart Insert is the feature that automatically insert closing quotes and brackets when you type the opener and places semi-colons at the end of the line when you press semi-colon (if you have the preference for that enabled.)
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