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| Opening an Editor for a Selected Element |
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| You can select the name of a type, method, or field in the Java source |
| editor or in the scrapbook and open an editor on the definition of the |
| element. |
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| <li>In the Java editor, select the name of a type, method, or field. You |
| can also just click into the name once. |
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| <li>Do one of the following: |
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| <li>From the menu bar, select <strong>Navigate</strong> > <strong> |
| Open Declaration</strong> |
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| <li>From the editor's pop-up menu, select <strong>Open |
| Declaration</strong> |
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| <li>Press <strong>F3</strong> |
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| or |
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| <li>Hold down the <strong>Ctrl</strong> key. |
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| <li>In the Java editor, move the mouse over the name of a type, method, |
| or field until the name becomes underlined. |
| </li> |
| <li>Click the hyperlink once. |
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| If there are multiple definitions of the same name, a dialog is shown, |
| and you can select one definition that you want to open. An editor opens |
| containing the selected element. |
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| <a href="../concepts/concept-java-editor.htm">Java editor</a> |
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| <a href="../reference/ref-menu-navigate.htm">Navigate menu</a><br /> |
| <a href="../reference/views/ref-viewsandeditors.htm">Views and |
| editors</a> |
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