Block selection in eclipse

Question

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 1

If you are on a mac you can use option+command+A

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

• Press Alt + Shift + A
• Observe that the screen zooms out
• Make selection using the mouse
• Press Alt + Shift + A to go back to the old mode.

Answer 4

Column mode is in Eclipse 3.5. The linked site also contains a patch for 3.4.0 (only).

Answer 5

Use Ctrl+3 and write "block" in popup.

You can also use shortcut Alt+Shift+A. You can always see list of shortcuts with Ctrl+Shift+L. Block selection shortcut is on the bottom of this list.