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What does the arrow in the editor mean in Eclipse?

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Sometimes this arrow appears, so I don’t see if a breakpoint is set. Can I remove this arrow using a shortcut? Thanks.

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I think the yellow arrow is the search result icon. He knows this sounds silly: /. You just have to close the search bar and the arrow will go. Is this a fix?

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The arrow disappears if you close the search result, not the search view. If you press X or XX in the search box, it will hide / delete the yellow arrow.

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In Eclipse Help → Help Contents → Search icons .

Select the Editor area marker link and you will see that the yellow icon is the Search Result icon. Whenever you perform a search and the result is found, the icon shows which line he found it in.

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We have another way to check if any breakpoint is set in the line without masking the arrow icon. It just hovers over the arrow icon, Eclipse will display a pop-up window to state what is set (including the breakpoint) on this line.

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Another way to clean the arrows:

  • Find the Show Previous Searches icon on the toolbar of the search panel (looks like a flashlight icon with a document that has a down arrow attached)
  • Click the Dropdown arrow icon.
  • Select Clear History.

This will clear your search history for the current session and remove all yellow arrows in the editor without completely closing the search tab.

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Window | Show View | Search Window | Show View | Search Click the Xx icon in the search box. Clearing the search will remove the arrows.

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The easiest way to clear the arrow (without turning off completely) is to simply perform another search.

I tried other approaches (closing the search bar, closing the file) and nothing worked.

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