private StyledString getLineElementLabel(ICustomLineElement lineElement) { int lineNumber = lineElement.getLine(); String lineNumberString = MessageFormat.format("{0}:", lineNumber); StyledString str = new StyledString(lineNumberString, StyledString.QUALIFIER_STYLER); Match[] matches = lineElement.getMatches(fPage.getInput()); Arrays.sort(matches, fMatchComparator); String content = lineElement.getContents(); int pos = evaluateLineStart(matches, content, lineElement.getOffset()); int length = content.length(); int charsToCut = getCharsToCut( length, matches); // number of characters to leave away if the line is too long for (int i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) { ICustomMatch match = (ICustomMatch) matches[i]; int start = Math.max(match.getOriginalOffset() - lineElement.getOffset(), 0); // append gap between last match and the new one if (pos < start) { if (charsToCut > 0) { charsToCut = appendShortenedGap(content, pos, start, charsToCut, i == 0, str); } else { str.append(content.substring(pos, start)); } } // append match int end = Math.min( match.getOriginalOffset() + match.getOriginalLength() - lineElement.getOffset(), lineElement.getLength()); str.append(content.substring(start, end), DecoratingFileSearchLabelProvider.HIGHLIGHT_STYLE); pos = end; } // append rest of the line if (charsToCut > 0) { appendShortenedGap(content, pos, length, charsToCut, false, str); } else { str.append(content.substring(pos)); } return str; }