How do I disable the formatting symbols in eclipse?

Question

I actually can't see anything because of all the formatting symbols. I have no idea what hotkey that was but I can't find any solution how to disable those symbols. Have you any idea if there is a hotkey? I can't remember what that hotkey was ...

Answer 1

You can also disable them by using this button:

Answer 2

The command you are looking for is "Show Whitespace Characters". If you cannot find it in the toolbar or menu, the simplest way to disable it is:

• press <Ctrl>-3
• enter "Show Whitespace Characters"
• select the command from the list with a double click or hitting

Answer 3

You can turn off/enable white spaces/line break by:

Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > 'Show whitespace characters'

Answer 4

You can try the hotkey: ctrl + '.' (period)

But that depend of your hotkey profile.

Answer 5

You can on/off white spaces and line breaks the following step in eclipse.

Window →　Editor →　Show WhiteSpace Characters