[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: JSP - java-code highlightning

[Ankur Sharma <sharma.ankur@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pete wrote:
> Hello, please allow me my first question in this newsgroup:
>
> I am using Eclipse to build and edit jsp-files.
> Is there a way I could switch to a different background color for Java 
> Code?
> I am used to that from another IDE and I am really missing this feature.
>
> e.g.
> <%-- START lightyellow background --%>
> <% JAVA CODE HERE
> AND HERE
> AND HERE %>
> <%-- STOP lightyellow background --%>
>
> <h1>This is HTML code</h1>
> <p>
>  <%-- START lightyellow background --%>
>  <%= JAVA-EXPRESSION %>
>  <%-- STOP lightyellow background --%>
> </>
>
>
> Thank you for your time and suggestions,
>
> Happy eastern!
> Pete

I am assuming you are using WTP. Now go to Window -> Preferences -> Web and XML -> JSP file -> Syntax highlighting.
Now you select every "Syntax Element" and give it a background color of your choice. This is will NOT get you exact what you need, but I guess this is the closest you can get to it.

You can do similar "Syntax Coloring" for Java, HTML, XML, etc.

hth,
Ankur..