Opening an Editor for a Selected Element
    
    
      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.
    
    
      - In the Java editor, select the name of a type, method, or field. You
      can also just click into the name once.
      
- Do one of the following:
        
          - From the menu bar, select Navigate > 
            Open Declaration
          
- From the editor's pop-up menu, select Open
          Declaration
          
- Press F3
          
 
      or
    
    
      - Hold down the Ctrl key.
      
- In the Java editor, move the mouse over the name of a type, method,
      or field until the name becomes underlined.
      
- Click the hyperlink once.
      
      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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