Eclipse plugin to roll up if and for?

Question

Hi all I'm at university, and we were taught to use notepad to programme java to start with. I moved onto notepad++ and quickly onto eclipse. In notepad++, i could roll up (plus minus sign) if statements or for loop as well as methods and classes. I wondered if there is a plugin for eclipse that allows me to do the same?

Also, are there any essential plugins i should be using with eclipse? I'm rather new to programming.

Thanks in advance

Ben

Answer 1

Try this plugin.

Answer 2

In Eclipse you can use Shift-Alt-Arrow Up to mark the surrounding block to the current block (and Shift-Alt-Arrow Down to narrow down again). Then Arrow-left place you at the beginning of the block, and Arrow-Right at the end.

(Untested, from memory, but VERY handy).