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.
try this
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Mark Occurrences
Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Syntax Coloring
Then just switch on / off what you want highlighted.
Full explanation here of how to add advanced syntax marking http://www.javalobby.org/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=15586