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Andre
Andre

Reputation: 9170

How do I disable the formatting symbols in eclipse?

I actually can't see anything because of all the formatting symbols. I have no idea what hotkey that was but I can't find any solution how to disable those symbols. Have you any idea if there is a hotkey? I can't remember what that hotkey was ...

Upvotes: 16

Views: 26153

Answers (6)

Shashank Dharmadhikari
Shashank Dharmadhikari

Reputation: 1

You can also disable them by using button showing in below image:

Upvotes: 0

user3480687
user3480687

Reputation: 69

You can on/off white spaces and line breaks the following step in eclipse.

Window →　Editor →　Show WhiteSpace Characters

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Upvotes: 2

Gaurav Khandelwal
Gaurav Khandelwal

Reputation: 89

You can turn off/enable white spaces/line break by:

Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > 'Show whitespace characters'

Upvotes: 8

malun
malun

Reputation: 1353

You can also disable them by using this button:
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Upvotes: 69

ftl
ftl

Reputation: 3042

The command you are looking for is "Show Whitespace Characters". If you cannot find it in the toolbar or menu, the simplest way to disable it is:

  • press <Ctrl>-3
  • enter "Show Whitespace Characters"
  • select the command from the list with a double click or hitting

Upvotes: 38

Alois Cochard
Alois Cochard

Reputation: 9862

You can try the hotkey: ctrl + '.' (period)

But that depend of your hotkey profile.

Upvotes: 3

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