Disable Eclipse ctrl-click

Question

I\'m very used to having Ctrl-click select the word below my cursor and in Eclipse the authors seem to think it\'s better to make it move to the definition. I dis

Answer 1

Go to Window - Preferences - General - Editors - Text Editors - Hyperlinking preference page,

uncheck the option Open Declaration

Answer 2

Close Eclipse.

Delete: /path/to/workplace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.core

Open eclipse and let it rebuild its indexes. Job done.

Answer 3

For the selection part:

I use AutoHotKey with the following script:

#IfWinActive ahk_class SWT_Window0
^~LButton::Send !+{Up}

The first line makes sure the macro is only run when eclipse (SpringSource Tool Suite in my case) is active. Use AHK's built-in 'Window Spy' to check the window class for different IDEs.

The second line sends Alt+Shift+Up (default select word shortcut) when you Ctrl+Click in the IDE