Eclipse IDE Scope Highlighting?

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David Meyer picture David Meyer · Aug 6, 2012 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

When I first learned Java, I was using an IDE called "BlueJ." It had this feature called "Scope Highlighting" which made it very easy to read blocks of code. Now I've moved on from BlueJ and began using Eclipse. I'm currently in the process of customizing Eclipse to my liking and would like this Scope Highlighting feature inside Eclipse.

I've searched everywhere for an answer on how to do it but I cannot find any information pointing to a solution for doing it in Eclipse.

Here's a picture to demonstrate what Scope Highlighting looks like:

Notice the background color behind each method

Answer

Utku Özdemir picture Utku Özdemir · Feb 4, 2013

I think the best option for you is EditBox, a scope highlighting plugin for Eclipse: http://editbox.sourceforge.net/

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