Dark color scheme for Eclipse

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Is Eclipse at all theme-able  I would like to install a dark color scheme for it  since I much prefer white text on dark background than the other way around

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I ve created several color themes  and a script to extract a new one from someone s color preferences   I m currently using one I still have yet to post on the site  but I should eventually get to it   http   eclipsecolorthemes jottit com

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The best solution I ve found is to leave Eclipse in normal bright mode  and use an OS level screen inverter   On OS nbsp X you can do Command   Option   Ctrl   8  inverts the whole screen   On Linux with Compiz  it s even better  you can do Windows   N to darken windows selectively  or Windows   M to do the whole screen    On Windows  the only decent solution I ve found is powerstrip  but it s only free for one year    then it s like  30 or something     Then you can invert the screen  adjust the syntax-level colours to your liking  and you re off to the races  with cool shades on

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Easiest way   change the Windows Display Properties main window background color   I went to Appearance tab  changed to Silver scheme  clicked Advanced  clicked on  Active Window  and changed Color 1 to a light gray   All Eclipse views softened   Since Luna  4 4  there seems to be a full Dark them in     Window -  Preferences -  General -  Appearance -  Theme -  Dark

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I ve created my own dark color scheme  based on Oblivion from gedit   which I think is very nice to work with   Preview  amp  details at  http   www rogerdudler com  p 362  We re happy to announce the beta of eclipsecolorthemes org  a new website to download  create and maintain Eclipse color themes   schemes  The theme editor allows you to copy an existing theme and edit the colors with a live preview of your changes on specific editors  The downloadable themes support a lot of editors  PHP  Java  SQL  Ant  text  HTML  CSS  and more to follow   There s a growing list of themes already available on the site    Zenburn Oblivion Inkpot Vibrant Ink     You can read more about the launch here

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Checkout this color scheme I created for Eclipse PDT  It is based on the Vim Zenburn color scheme developed by slinky

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As I replied to  Is there a simple  consistent way to change the color scheme of Eclipse editors        I ve been looking for this too and   after a bit of research found a   workable solution  This is based on   the FDT editor for Eclipse  but I m   sure you could apply the same logic to   other editors       My blog post  Howto create a   color-scheme for FDT      Hope this helps

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If you use Aptana then you can download a dark color theme   I have been looking for one recently and found the Aptana one   Thought others might be interested   Check out  http   www nightlion net themes 2009 aptana-dark-color-theme

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Here s a guy that posted his Eclipse preferences for changing the colors like a theme   http   blog codefront net 2006 09 28 vibrant-ink-textmate-theme-for-eclipse     And here s more about how to set the colors in the Ganymede Eclipse version  v  3 4  mid 2008    http   help eclipse org ganymede index jsp topic  org eclipse platform doc user concepts accessibility fontsandcolors htm

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This is another dark Eclipse theme  http   blog prabir me post Dark-Eclipse-Theme aspx   I have the Visual Studio equivalent of the theme

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In response to this comment I made a filter for Color Filter plugin for Compiz    Here s what I got      Howto    Go to  usr share compiz filters  Create new file  negative-low-contrast   as root  Insert the attached code into it  Go to System- Preferences- CompizConfig      Enter Color Filter Plugin  Enable it and add newly created filter to the list Profeet     Filter code     ARBfp1 0 TEMP temp  neg     Dunno what s this    but every other filter starts with this      TEX temp  fragment texcoord 0   texture 0   RECT     Applying negative filter   RCP neg a  temp a  MAD temp rgb  -neg a  temp  1 0  MUL temp rgb  temp a  temp  MUL temp  fragment color  temp     Lowering contrast and shifting brightness   MUL temp rgb  temp  0 8  ADD temp rgb  temp  0 25   MOV result color  temp  END   You also can play with the filter  May be you will get something more facinating    Feel free to share

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This is the best place for Eclipse color themes   http   www eclipsecolorthemes org

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For Linux users  assuming you run a compositing window manager  Compiz   you can just turn the window negative  I use Eclipse like this all the time  the normal  whitie  looks is blowing my eyes off

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Here s a rev 0 0 1 of an attempt at a dark background colour scheme for Eclipse  and a screenshot   Any feedback at all   this is a big departure from what I normally use for Vim

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These are the pleasing colors for my eyes during coding  Jazz music not included in theme     Eclipse Color Themes Plugin file  LukinaJama3 xml on depositfiles

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As I replied to  Is there a simple  consistent way to change the color scheme of Eclipse editors        I ve been looking for this too and   after a bit of research found a   workable solution  This is based on   the FDT editor for Eclipse  but I m   sure you could apply the same logic to   other editors       My blog post  Howto create a   color-scheme for FDT      Hope this helps

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I have to say  this is one area where Eclipse is really weak  Specifically  the import export of preferences applies to ALL preferences  There is no way to import say just the fonts color preferences  like you can with Visual Studio  without mucking up my key binding preferences   Also  I have tried several of these preference files referenced above  and they completely break my Eclipse install

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Some people posted options for Linux and Mac  and the Windows  free  equivalent is  if you can deal with it globally   Set Windows desktop appearance theme window background color  You can keep current desired theme  just modify the background color of windows  By default  it is set to white  I change it to a shade of grey  I tried dark grey and black before  but then you have to change text font colors globally  and all that s painful   But a simple shade of grey as background does the trick globally  works with any color text font as long as the shade of grey is not too dark   It s not the best solution for all editors IDEs  as I prefer black  but it s the next best free  amp  global workaround on Windows

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I played with customizing the colors  I went with the yellow text blue background I ve liked from Turbo Pascal  The problem I ran into was it let you set the colors of the editors but then the other views like Package Explorer or Navigator stayed with the default black-on-white colors   I m sure you could do it programatically but there are waaaay to many settings for my patience

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I have finally found exactly what I have been looking for  i e  a dark theme for PyDev  although I still feel like Eclipse is missing out on this

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For the quick hack  on Linux running GNOME with a Windows keyboard  Windows-Key-M will inverse-color all windows  and Windows-Key-N will inverse color a single window   It s an awesome feature  in my book

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As posted to a few related questions already  I m working on a plugin for easy  cross-editor color theme management   http   marketplace eclipse org content eclipse-color-theme  It is still work in progress  but already supports many editors and a few dark color themes

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