Eclipse NEWBIE: Does Eclipe allow macros?

Dear Experts,

I'm fairly new to Eclipse.  Does it allow macros?  

In particular, once I've highlighted a variable name, I'd like to press one key sequence and do this:

Go to top of file
Find next of that name


Thanks!
BrianMc1958
BrianMc1958Asked:
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suprapto45Connect With a Mentor Commented:
As far as I know,

You can't do that and I am interested to see it if anyone has some idea on how to do it.

David
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Ajay-SinghCommented:
You can define the key bindings in eclipse as

Windows->Preferences->General->Keys
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BrianMc1958Author Commented:
Thanks, but can I do a several-step process, like:

Select the highlighted word
Open the Find window
Go to top of file
Find next

?
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Ajay-SinghCommented:
ya you can do that too. When you select a word, it would be picked up by search dialog. It starts searching from that cursor position onwards, this can be controlled by checking to find foward/backword and wrapping the search.

Ctrl+k/Ctrl+Shift+K searches next and previous keyward (as default setting of eclipse)
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BrianMc1958Author Commented:
I've done other research, and it's looking like this is one place where Eclipse falls down.  It doesn't seem to have a macro capability per se.  I'll leave the question open another day to see if I'm missing something...
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BrianMc1958Author Commented:
To Ajay-Singh:  Thank you for your responses.  In this case, though, I'm obliged to accept suprapto45's comment.  Your answers were helpful, but I'm specifically asking about record-macro capabilities here, which seem to be absent altogether in Eclipse.
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Ajay-SinghCommented:
glad that my comments were helpful
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