[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Removing highlighting of text

[David Wegener <dpwegener@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when a text in Java file of the Java view is selected (highlighted), all 
> the same variables in the code are highlighted, too.
> When search - e. g. for references - was carried out, all matches of 
> this search are highlighted, too.
> So far well. But there are circumstances, where the highlighting disturbs.
> How can the highlighting of text be removed? Pressing [Esc] or clicking 
> somewhere didn't help.
> Currently I use Eclipse 3.3.2.
>
> Thomas Wiedmann
This is refered to as Mark Occurrences.  You can toggle it from the tool 
bar by clicking on the icon that looks like the tip of a highlight 
marker.  It is also mapped by Shift-Alt-o.