Eclipse cursor changes to crosshair

java eclipse editor cursor
Muhammad Imran Tariq picture Muhammad Imran Tariq · May 1, 2012 · Viewed 39.8k times · Source

I was working in Eclipse Java EE IDE. While using it, mouse cursor changes to cross-hair. Now its displaying as cross-hair in editors. Where to change it?

Answer

Thomas picture Thomas · May 1, 2012

Most likely this is the block edit mode. Try pressing Alt+Shift+A.

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