How can I enable the Box (or Block) Selection in Eclipse IDE?

I 开发者_如何学运维have been using Visual Studio IDE and I use Box Selection a lot.

Is the same possible for Eclipse IDE?

Since Eclipse 3.5 there is a button called Block selection mode in the main toolbar or you could use its hotkey as well:

• Windows: Alt+Shift+A
• Mac: Command+Option+A

See a blog entry about block selection for more details.

youtube walkthrough: How to enable block selection in eclipse and you'll be done in 2 minutes.

also explains how to setup custom hotkey, if Alt+Shft+A is already taken