[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: Newbie needs help: How does javadoc capture

[Daniel Megert <daniel.megert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikko wrote:

> I'm still pretty sure that there is a feature in eclipse that when you 
> place mouse cursor or caret on top of method, class or variable it 
> gets highlighted and all occurrences in the file is highlight, altough 
> I'm starting lose my fate on this and thinking that I'm dreaming about 
> this.

This should work out of the box if you're using the Java editor. Is the 
yellow marker in the tool bar present and checked?

Dani

> Now when this highlighting happens javadoc for the 
> method/class/variable is shown in the javadoc view, if it has javadoc 
> available.
>
> No I've searched eclipse.org, several forums, google and eclipse help 
> for this feature, but found nothing usefull. Now what I'm trying to do 
> is same kind of feature as javadoc, but giving different information. 
> I've got the view ready and  most of the logic for displaying the data 
> I want. Now what I am missing is the feature that ie. method gets 
> highlighted I would receive information about this same way as javadoc 
> view does.
> At this point I'm so lost that ANY help appreciated. If someone knows 
> for 100% or even for 95% sure what this feature is officially called 
> please let me know. Pointing me to the right direction would help me 
> alot. I've been fighting with this for a week no and used all the 
> search words I could come up with, but nothing, absolutely nothing in 
> the end. This is either a feature that everybody knows or some 
> superhiddenneedtoknowbases feature that nobody wants to talk about.