Highlight On Selection

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Oxygen (4.7), Neon (4.6), Mars (4.5), Luna (4.4), Kepler (4.3), Juno (4.2, 3.8), Photon (4.8), 2018-09 (4.9), 2018-12 (4.10), 2019-03 (4.11), 2019-06 (4.12), 2019-09 (4.13), 2019-12 (4.14), 2020-03 (4.15), 2020-06 (4.16), 2020-09 (4.17), 2020-12 (4.18), 2021-03 (4.19)

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Solution Description

Highlight currently selected word. Works for all eclipse text based editors.  This is UltraEdit style highlight on selection feature for eclipse. Source code: https://github.com/bjiang12345/Eclipse-HighlightOnSelection

Additional Details

Eclipse Versions: Oxygen (4.7), Neon (4.6), Mars (4.5), Luna (4.4), Kepler (4.3), Juno (4.2, 3.8), Photon (4.8), 2018-09 (4.9), 2018-12 (4.10), 2019-03 (4.11), 2019-06 (4.12), 2019-09 (4.13), 2019-12 (4.14), 2020-03 (4.15), 2020-06 (4.16), 2020-09 (4.17), 2020-12 (4.18), 2021-03 (4.19)

Platform Support: Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK

Date Created: Monday, March 26, 2018 - 14:03

License: EPL

Date Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021 - 10:11

Submitted by: Ben Jiang

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Date Ranking Installs Clickthroughs
June 2026 0/0 0 0
May 2026 309/567 10 4
April 2026 254/612 27 14
March 2026 297/627 24 12
February 2026 304/620 17 5
January 2026 298/631 23 21
December 2025 397/621 9 23
November 2025 310/626 23 14
October 2025 335/637 19 7
September 2025 309/653 26 12
August 2025 282/615 29 24
July 2025 285/636 29 4
June 2025 300/627 26 12
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