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Jim
Jim

Reputation: 19582

How to improve android studio's editor?

In the android studio (in Mac) I have downloaded the Eclipse theme and use that.
I have the following problems:

  1. When the cursor is on a line, the whole line is highlighted gray. But when I want to select something from the line (e.g. to copy/cut) the selection color is also gray and as a result, it is not possible to see what exactly I am selecting.

  2. When I click on a keyword/variable, that one and all the rest in the file are highlighted in a really dark blue color, so dark that it is not visible to see what the highlighted word is

  3. I am not sure if this in the same category as (1) and (2) but here goes. The graphical way that android studio displays that a file has compilation errors is really bad (eclipse is much better on this). I just see a red mark in the right part of the editor and the only way I could see the complaint is from the pop-up box when I put the cursor in the mark.

How can I fix/improve these points so that I am more comfortable working in android studio?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1359

Answers (1)

yole
yole

Reputation: 97268

You can configure the colors for the current line highlighting (General | Caret row), selection highlighting (General | Selection background) and usages of the element under caret (General | Identifier under caret and General | Identifier under caret (write)) in Settings | Editor | Colors & Fonts.

You can also use Navigate | Next Highlighted Error (F2 in the default keymap) to navigate between the errors in the current file, and View | Error Description to see the description of the error under the caret.

Finally, when you compile your project (Build | Make Project), you get the list of all compilation errors in the project in a toolwindow below the editor.

Upvotes: 8

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