How to do multiple line editing?

Solution 1:

Press alt + shift + A to Toggle block selection (Toggle block / column selection in the current text editor), this will let you write vertically in eclipse, then you can easily do this.


Go to Window->Preferences.

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Find for binding in text box surrounded by red box.

Solution 2:

On OS X, the key combination for multi-line edits in Eclipse (or STS) is option/alt+command+A

Solution 3:

You can try the following plugin,

https://github.com/caspark/eclipse-multicursor/releases

With this multiple occurrence of same text can be selected and edited. This is similar to multi select functionality available in editors like Sublime and Visual studio code.