Eclipse - editor colors - a healthy configuration

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I use Eclipse for Java, Python, C(++) and so on. I'm accustomed to Vim and the dark color schemes. The default white background just hurts my eyes. And that's a real problem. It doesn't seem Eclipse supports any schemes? I tried a Plugin but it doesn't seem to work for MacOS and Eclipse 3.3.2.

Is there any better option for some color support?

Thanks, wishi

This question seems closely related to "[Dark colorscheme for eclipse?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120621/dark-colorscheme-for-eclipse)"... — David Grant, Feb 03 '09 at 13:15
See also: [best-background-color-for-your-editor](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/503103/best-background-color-for-your-editor) here on SO — paul, Feb 03 '09 at 13:25

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 13:42

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There are some dark color themes available in the Eclipse Color Theme plugin:

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-color-theme

answered Jan 27 '11 at 13:42

Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '11 at 13:12

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Please check Fonts and colors in Eclipse for customization of Eclipse.

edited Jun 01 '11 at 13:12

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answered Feb 03 '09 at 13:14

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VonC · Answer 3 · 2014-05-21T09:10:59.150

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Note: Eclipse Luna (4.4, to be released in June 2014) just introduced (May 2014) a default syntax coloring for dark theme when using the Koneki project: see bug 433607, by Simon Bernard:

That illustrates how you can define your own syntax coloring theme and how you can register an extension to the dark theme for recent (4.x) Eclipse.

edited May 21 '14 at 09:10

answered May 21 '14 at 08:52

VonC

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The colour fonts for Python development is a bit off with Dark Luna. – Houman Jun 27 '14 at 10:00

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 03 '09 at 13:12

Go to "Preferences" under the "Window" menu.

In the dialog that pops up, select General, then Appearance, then Colors and Fonts

Correction: for editor foreground / background colors, you need to go to the preferences dialog, then select Editors, then Text Editors

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 12:36

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You can also go to your source code, press the right mouse button, select an option under "Appearance color options:" and change the color using the "Color:" selector displayed.

answered Mar 29 '18 at 12:36

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