diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/selection/CPPSelectionTestsNoIndexer.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/selection/CPPSelectionTestsNoIndexer.java
index 9387ce50bdd..ee7d52a896c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/selection/CPPSelectionTestsNoIndexer.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/selection/CPPSelectionTestsNoIndexer.java
@@ -1191,4 +1191,31 @@ public class CPPSelectionTestsNoIndexer extends BaseSelectionTests {
 		int offset = code.indexOf("obj.waldo") + 4;
 		assertTrue(testF3(file, offset) instanceof IASTName);
 	}
+
+	//	struct A {
+	//	    A();
+	//	};
+	//
+	//	template <class>
+	//	struct B {
+	//	    B() {}
+	//	};
+	//
+	//	struct C {
+	//	    C();
+	//	    B<A>* b;
+	//	};
+	//
+	//	C::C() : b(new B<A>()) {}
+	public void testAmbiguityWithImplicitName_463234() throws Exception {
+		String code = getAboveComment();
+		IFile file = importFile("testBug463234.cpp", code);
+		
+		int offset = code.indexOf("new B<A>") + 6;
+        // There should be two ambiguous targets, the class A and the constructor B::B,
+        // with the class A being the first one (index 0).
+		IASTNode target = testF3WithAmbiguity(file, offset, 0);
+		assertTrue(target instanceof IASTName);
+		assertEquals("A", ((IASTName) target).toString());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/OpenDeclarationsJob.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/OpenDeclarationsJob.java
index 5a9b4c72949..3cefaa6fa07 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/OpenDeclarationsJob.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/OpenDeclarationsJob.java
@@ -528,9 +528,10 @@ class OpenDeclarationsJob extends Job implements ASTRunnable {
 					if (uniqueElements.size() == 2) {
 						final ICElement e0 = uniqueElements.get(0);
 						final ICElement e1 = uniqueElements.get(1);
-						if (e0 instanceof IStructureDeclaration && e1 instanceof IMethodDeclaration) {
+						// Prefer a method of a class, to the class itself.
+						if (isMethodOfClass(e1, e0)) {
 							target= (ISourceReference) e1;
-						} else if (e1 instanceof IStructureDeclaration && e0 instanceof IMethodDeclaration) {
+						} else if (isMethodOfClass(e0, e1)) {
 							target= (ISourceReference) e0;
 						}
 					}
@@ -555,6 +556,13 @@ class OpenDeclarationsJob extends Job implements ASTRunnable {
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			
+			private boolean isMethodOfClass(ICElement method, ICElement clazz) {
+				return method instanceof IMethodDeclaration
+					&& clazz instanceof IStructureDeclaration
+					&& method.getParent() != null
+					&& method.getParent().equals(clazz);
+			}
 		});
 		return true;
 	}