Line Numbers in Eclipse

It’s 4am in the morning. You’ve been coding in Java for the past 6 hours and realise something’s missing from your Eclipse editor .. something that can confirm that the last 6 hours weren’t a WASTE of time..

and that is line numbers.

To turn on line numbering in Eclipse, simply do the following;

1) Windows -> Preferences
2) General – > Editors -> Text Editors

and click the “Show Line Numbers” checkbox.
Whola?

Now was the last 6 hours a waste?

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8 Responses to “Line Numbers in Eclipse”

1. Alan Peters says:

   July 28, 2009 at 6:16 am

   Thank you! my goodness Eclipse can be maddening.
2. Oliver says:

   November 24, 2009 at 3:15 am

   My generation is soft, I ‘googled’ it before I even went searching. Thanks.
3. Steve S says:

   February 9, 2010 at 7:19 am

   Eclipse F1 was no help but your blog was. Thanks!
4. Eclipsed says:

   March 20, 2010 at 2:26 am

   Absolutely miserable UI! Thanks so much for posting this simple tip.
5. C1 says:

   March 30, 2010 at 12:37 am

   Thanks!
6. Rapi says:

   April 8, 2010 at 5:11 pm

   Thank you so much! Haha. So simple yet magnanimous in nature.
7. Harvey Ramer says:

   April 29, 2010 at 2:51 am

   Great little tip. Thanks!
8. Ankur Chandra says:

   April 29, 2010 at 11:39 pm

   Thanks dude.. Great tip..
   I use net beans and always thot why the h e l l dus this is dus not have line numbers!!