Eclipse editor show variable occurrence

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In Eclipse Standard Installation the editor marks all occurrences of a variable if you click on it with a cursor.

e.g. Setting the cursor somewhere on the 'foo' Variables it highlights all other foo's too.

public void printString(String foo){ System.out.println(foo); }

Any ideas where to switch this behavior on again or why the feature doesn't work ? I know the workaround is 'References->Workspace' but the auto highlighting is much more convenient.

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '10 at 12:20

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You are asking about the "Toggle Mark Occurrences" the short cut for this is Alt + Shift + O

answered Aug 02 '10 at 12:20

Damian Leszczyński - Vash

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Or `Alt + Cmd + O` on the Mac. It's the text marker button in the tool bar. – Fabian Steeg Aug 02 '10 at 13:45
Is there a possibility to jump to the next occurrence of a marked variable? – mike Oct 04 '13 at 11:43
hi mike, it's explained here. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4019818/eclipse-navigate-to-next-previous-marked-occurrence – AndreaTaroni86 Sep 26 '19 at 16:04

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 15:57

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You can also enable it from

Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Mark Occurrences

answered Nov 05 '13 at 15:57

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