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Eclipse: Turn on syntax-highlighting for Classes and Objects

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Is there any possibility to turn on the highlighting for Classes and Objects in Eclipse like it is in Visual Studio? At the moment only the Variable names are highlighted.

Left: Eclipse, Right: Visual Studio 2012

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Visual difference between Eclipse(left) and Visual Studio (right)

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Philip Giuliani Avatar asked Nov 26 '12 14:11

Philip Giuliani

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2 Answers

Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Syntax Coloring

Then just switch on / off what you want highlighted.

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user136776 Avatar answered Nov 03 '22 00:11

user136776

try this

Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Mark Occurrences
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Festus Tamakloe Avatar answered Nov 03 '22 02:11

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