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I have followed the clear instructions to install Eclipse Color Themes 1.0.0 in Eclipse Luna 4.4.0, Ubuntu 10.04.2 64Bits, and whenever I check any of the themes:

  1. No preview is shown.
  2. The theme is not applied when I click apply and accept.

I have checked other questions such as: How can I change Eclipse theme? Eclipse Color Theme is not working but those are not my problems. I get no errors.

Update: It turns out that the editor is working, but the rest of the windows are with their original aspect.

Any advice is welcome. Thank you!

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  • Have you tried restarting Eclipse after changing the theme? –  May 15 '15 at 10:55
  • After more searching I have discovered it is a known issue: https://github.com/guari/eclipse-ui-theme/issues/73 – Javi May 15 '15 at 10:58
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    I recommend answering your own question. Post that link and an explanation so anyone else searching for this problem can easily understand what is going on. –  May 15 '15 at 11:01
  • Actually I voted to close it since I do not like to answer my own questions :) But I will follow your advice. – Javi May 15 '15 at 11:58

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I found the answer: it is a known bug for that Eclipse version: https://github.com/guari/eclipse-ui-theme/issues/73

Basically, you have to enable GTK3 when launching it, this can be done in the .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Luna
Exec=env SWT_GTK3=1 ~/Apps/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=~/Apps/eclipse/eclipse-1.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application

And it also requires to set the Global Dark theme ON on Gnome Tweak tool.

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