Speed Up Eclipse when editing files with 2000+ lines

Question

When i edit large files in eclipse (around 2000+ lines), editing the file becomes very slow. The text will appear a couple seconds after i type it in.

I tried it in an editor like notepad++ and it handles the file fine.

I have looked into this question for speeding up eclipse, but I haven't had much luck a with them. How can you speed up Eclipse?

Any thoughts on this is really appreciated, as i know several of my friends run into this issue as well.

Answer 1

The problem is the code folding feature, If you really don't need Code Folding disable it.

Window->Preferences->PHP-Editor->Code Folding and uncheck Code folding feature.