Highlighting all occurrences of a search string in Eclipse Java editor

Question

If you search for a String in Netbeans Java editor, it automatically highlights all occurrences of that string.

But, how can I achieve this feature in Eclipse?

(I checked Preferences > Java > Editor > Mark Occurrences, but it seems it is only for similar variables methods etc. but not for for search matches)

Answer 1

Have you tried the Glance plugin for Eclipse? fully meet your requirements and even with more features.

demo and Github of this project: http://ystrot.github.io/glance/

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UPDATE: available in Eclipse marketplace

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/marketplace-client-intro?mpc_install=1012

Answer 2

You can enable "Toggle Mark Occurrences" (shortkey is ALT+SHIFT+O).

For the color of the select text,you can:

Window->Preferences->General->Editors->Text Editors->Annotations->Occurrences

Hope it useful.

Answer 3

eclipse instasearch plugin is a very useful plugin for search needs inside eclipse. It is based on lucene. This is also available in eclipse marketplace.

It has extensive feature set.

• Instantly shows search results
• Shows a preview using relevant lines
• Periodically updates the index
• Matches partial words (e.g. case in CamelCase)
• Opens and highlights matches in files
• Searches JAR source attachments
• Supports filtering by extension/project/working set