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Harry Smith
Harry Smith

Reputation: 124

How do I show syntax coloring and scoping on Eclipse IDE?

Currently my Eclipse IDE shows no syntax coloring and does not scope (i.e. suggest commands based on current text.) I've read the manual (bit.ly/1ZJVGRE) and couldn't find anything that worked.

Here is a picture of what my Eclipse editor currently looks like, enter image description here

and here is a picture of my syntax color settings. enter image description here

I am using Eclipse Mars C/C++ on Windows 8.1. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 291

Answers (2)

user3629249
user3629249

Reputation: 16540

assuming that the editor thinks the current file is a C or C++ file

in the eclipse menu

  1. click window to expand
  2. click preferences to select
  3. click C/C++ to expand
  4. click editor to expand
  5. click syntax coloring to select
  6. click enable senamic highlighting to enable syntax coloring
  7. modify element items as desired (Preview window will tell you the current/result of any changes you make)
  8. click ok

Upvotes: 0

RHertel
RHertel

Reputation: 23788

You have probably opened the file with the Text Editor instead of the C/C++ editor. Eclipse opens the file with the last editor that was used to edit the file.

In the Project Explorer window, right-click on the file and choose Open With -> C/C++ Editor

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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