Block selection in eclipse

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Maurits de Boer picture Maurits de Boer · Dec 16, 2009 · Viewed 55.8k times · Source

Does anyone know if block selection (or rectangular selection) is possible in eclipse?
Maybe there's a plugin? I haven't been able to find one myself yet...

Answer

Peter Štibraný picture Peter Štibraný · Dec 16, 2009

Block selection is available since Eclipse 3.5.
You can toggle between standard and block selection using:

    Alt + Shift + A
    Opt + Cmd + A (on Mac)

or press Ctrl+3 (Cmd+3 on Mac), type "toggle block" and select Toggle Block Selection command.

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