diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
index e4b2ed4790d..250956cca36 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-03-31 David Daoust
+	Changed the default value for the preference "LinkToEditor" to be 
+	off -- the same as in the JDT.
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/preferences/CPluginPreferencePage.java
+
 2004-03-31 Bogdan Gheorghe
 	Fixed the overview annotations in the Overview bar in the CEditor
 	Modified the CEditorPreferencePage to add the Index Marker annotation
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/preferences/CPluginPreferencePage.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/preferences/CPluginPreferencePage.java
index 8182e6ca9db..cdf069ccef8 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/preferences/CPluginPreferencePage.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/preferences/CPluginPreferencePage.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class CPluginPreferencePage extends FieldEditorPreferencePage implements
 	 * Initializes the default values of this page in the preference bundle.
 	 */
 	public static void initDefaults(IPreferenceStore prefs) {
-		prefs.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PREF_LINK_TO_EDITOR, true);
+		prefs.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PREF_LINK_TO_EDITOR, false);
 		prefs.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PREF_SHOW_CU_CHILDREN, true);
 		prefs.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.PREF_USE_STRUCTURAL_PARSE_MODE, CCorePlugin.getDefault().useStructuralParseMode());
 		prefs.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.EDITOR_SHOW_SEGMENTS, false);