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Luigi Caradonna
Luigi Caradonna

Reputation: 1064

Eclipse - Can't change background color after I applied a theme

I've applied the theme Moonrise to Eclipse Luna, now I'm trying to change the background color to the window where I write my code.
To do so I go to "Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editor -> Text Editors -> Appearence Color Options", there I select "Background color" and set the one I want.
By clicking on "Apply", the color is set and I can see it, but as soon as I close the Preferences window, the color goes back to gray as set by the theme.
How should I do to make the change permanent?
If that wasn't possible, how do I reset to default? I pushed the "Restore defaults" button, but as I close the window, it goes back to the theme colors. I've also deleted eclipse folder and put a new one, everything is back to default but the background color. Does eclipse saves any settings around the system? I use Windows 7 64bit.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2203

Answers (1)

ethesx
ethesx

Reputation: 1379

I've found the theme's CSS had to be edited to perform this.

  • Close eclipse and locate the plugin's jar at /[eclipseDirectory]/plugins/com.github.eclipseuitheme.themes.moonrise-ui_[version].jar

  • Open the jar and navigate to the applicable moonrise-ui.css for the within /themes/css/

  • Search for #202020 and replace with the color code you'd like

If you find the color is not applied, check that you made the change in the moonrise-ui[platform].css which applies to your platform (Win/Linux) or the theme you selected (Moonrise / Moonrise standalone).

Upvotes: 3

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