Eclipse fonts and background color

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I have been trying to change the background color of Eclipse s windows to black and customize the font colors  There doesn t seem to be a way to do this  at least not in an obvious way  I am using version 3 3   How do I do this or are there any plugin s that might be able to assist in doing this

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On Windows or Mac  you can find this setting under the General   Editors   Text Editors menu

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If you go to Windows  Preferences then select General  Editors  Text editors  you can set colors on that property page  and there s a link for setting MORE colors - General  Appearance  Colors and fonts    That s with an Eclipse 3 3 build anyway

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Background color of views  navigator  console  tasks etc  is set according to the desktop  system  settings  On Linux GNome I changed System Preferences Appeareance to change this color   Editor colors are set chaotically by different editors  search for background in eclipse preferences to find different options  One easy way to get beautiful dark  and not only dark  themes is to install Afae plugin  and then pick theme within its preferences  twilight theme is beautiful  for example  - again  eclipse prefs  Afae group  Of course this applies only when you edit with Afae

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Background color of views  navigator  console  tasks etc  is set according to the desktop  system  settings  On Linux GNome I changed System Preferences Appeareance to change this color   Editor colors are set chaotically by different editors  search for background in eclipse preferences to find different options  One easy way to get beautiful dark  and not only dark  themes is to install Afae plugin  and then pick theme within its preferences  twilight theme is beautiful  for example  - again  eclipse prefs  Afae group  Of course this applies only when you edit with Afae

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on a Mac  Preferences  is under the main  Aptana Studio 3  menu rather than the  Windows  menu as mentioned above

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Under Windows   Preferences   General   Apperance you can find a dark theme

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If you are having trouble with Eclipse 2019 and using a dark theme and setting the background and having it not change  There seems to be a recent Eclipse bug  I suggest you look here or here for workarounds

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I just came across this  Eclipse Colour Themes Install the plugin and choose from a selection of pre-defined themes  or write your own  Just what I needed

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On Windows or Mac  you can find this setting under the General   Editors   Text Editors menu

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on a Mac  Preferences  is under the main  Aptana Studio 3  menu rather than the  Windows  menu as mentioned above

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The easiest way is to install the plugin is from the Eclipse Marketplace  Go to Help Eclipse Marketplace  then search for Eclipse Color Theme and install it

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On Windows or Mac  you can find this setting under the General   Editors   Text Editors menu

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Under Windows   Preferences   General   Apperance you can find a dark theme

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The easiest way is to install the plugin is from the Eclipse Marketplace  Go to Help Eclipse Marketplace  then search for Eclipse Color Theme and install it

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To change background colour   Open menu  Windows   Preferences   General   Editors   Text Editors   Browse Appearance color options Select background color options  uncheck default  change to black Select background color options  uncheck default  change to colour of choice    To change text colours   Open Java   Editor   Syntax Colouring   Select element from Java Change colour List item    To change Java editor font   Open menu Windows   Preferences   General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Select Java   Java Editor Text font from list Click on change and select font

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Switch to Theme    is also an option

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To change background colour   Open menu  Windows   Preferences   General   Editors   Text Editors   Browse Appearance color options Select background color options  uncheck default  change to black Select background color options  uncheck default  change to colour of choice    To change text colours   Open Java   Editor   Syntax Colouring   Select element from Java Change colour List item    To change Java editor font   Open menu Windows   Preferences   General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Select Java   Java Editor Text font from list Click on change and select font

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Background color of views  navigator  console  tasks etc  is set according to the desktop  system  settings  On Linux GNome I changed System Preferences Appeareance to change this color   Editor colors are set chaotically by different editors  search for background in eclipse preferences to find different options  One easy way to get beautiful dark  and not only dark  themes is to install Afae plugin  and then pick theme within its preferences  twilight theme is beautiful  for example  - again  eclipse prefs  Afae group  Of course this applies only when you edit with Afae

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You can install eclipse theme plugin then select default  Please visit here  http   eclipsecolorthemes org  view plugin

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If you go to Windows  Preferences then select General  Editors  Text editors  you can set colors on that property page  and there s a link for setting MORE colors - General  Appearance  Colors and fonts    That s with an Eclipse 3 3 build anyway

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If you are having trouble with Eclipse 2019 and using a dark theme and setting the background and having it not change  There seems to be a recent Eclipse bug  I suggest you look here or here for workarounds

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You can install eclipse theme plugin then select default  Please visit here  http   eclipsecolorthemes org  view plugin

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On Windows or Mac  you can find this setting under the General   Editors   Text Editors menu

User · Answer

If you go to Windows  Preferences then select General  Editors  Text editors  you can set colors on that property page  and there s a link for setting MORE colors - General  Appearance  Colors and fonts    That s with an Eclipse 3 3 build anyway

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To change background colour   Open menu  Windows   Preferences   General   Editors   Text Editors   Browse Appearance color options Select background color options  uncheck default  change to black Select background color options  uncheck default  change to colour of choice    To change text colours   Open Java   Editor   Syntax Colouring   Select element from Java Change colour List item    To change Java editor font   Open menu Windows   Preferences   General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Select Java   Java Editor Text font from list Click on change and select font

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Switch to Theme    is also an option

User · Answer

Background color of views  navigator  console  tasks etc  is set according to the desktop  system  settings  On Linux GNome I changed System Preferences Appeareance to change this color   Editor colors are set chaotically by different editors  search for background in eclipse preferences to find different options  One easy way to get beautiful dark  and not only dark  themes is to install Afae plugin  and then pick theme within its preferences  twilight theme is beautiful  for example  - again  eclipse prefs  Afae group  Of course this applies only when you edit with Afae

User · Answer

To change background colour   Open menu  Windows   Preferences   General   Editors   Text Editors   Browse Appearance color options Select background color options  uncheck default  change to black Select background color options  uncheck default  change to colour of choice    To change text colours   Open Java   Editor   Syntax Colouring   Select element from Java Change colour List item    To change Java editor font   Open menu Windows   Preferences   General   Appearance   Colors and Fonts   Select Java   Java Editor Text font from list Click on change and select font

User · Answer

I just came across this  Eclipse Colour Themes Install the plugin and choose from a selection of pre-defined themes  or write your own  Just what I needed

User · Answer

If you go to Windows  Preferences then select General  Editors  Text editors  you can set colors on that property page  and there s a link for setting MORE colors - General  Appearance  Colors and fonts    That s with an Eclipse 3 3 build anyway

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