Eclipse: Turn on syntax-highlighting for Classes and Objects

9
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Is there any possibility to turn on the highlighting for Classes and Objects in Eclipse like it is in Visual Studio? At the moment only the Variable names are highlighted.

Left: Eclipse, Right: Visual Studio 2012

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Visual difference between Eclipse(left) and Visual Studio (right)

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eclipsesyntax-highlighting

3 Answers

14
votes

Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Syntax Coloring

Then just switch on / off what you want highlighted.

12
votes

try this

Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Mark Occurrences
2
votes

Full explanation here of how to add advanced syntax marking http://www.javalobby.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=15586