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Eclipse Color Theme

Eclipse Color Theme
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Mars (4.5)
Luna (4.4)
Kepler (4.3)
Juno (4.2, 3.8)
Previous to Juno (<=4.1)
Neon (4.6)
Oxygen (4.7)
Photon (4.8)
2018-09 (4.9)

http://eclipse-color-theme.github.com/update

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Details

Eclipse Color Theme makes it possible to switch color themes conveniently and without side effects.

After the installation, go to Window→Preferences→General→Appereance->Color Theme to change the color theme.

Please note:
If you are using a version of the plugin lower than 0.6, please uninstall and reinstall it from the new location. Update site and plugin ID have changed.

You can also download the update site for offline installation.

While Eclipse allows you to change the syntax coloring in great detail, there is no support for managing multiple color themes. It is possible to achieve that by importing and exporting preferences files, but this is inconvenient and likely to mess up your preferences. Furthermore, color themes have to be created for every single editor, a theme for the Java editor does not change the XML, JavaScript or any other editors. This plugin solves these issues by mapping a generic color theme format to specific preferences entries for each supported editor.

Eclipse Color Theme currently supports the following editors:

  • ActionScript/MXML (Adobe Flash Builder)
  • Ant
  • BibTex/LaTeX (TeXlipse)
  • C++
  • Clojure (Counterclockwise)
  • ColdFusion (CFEclipse)
  • Chromium Debugger JavaScript Editor
  • CSS
  • DTD
  • Erlang (ErlIDE)
  • FDT
  • FreeMarker (JBoss Tools)
  • Go (GoClipse)
  • Gradle (Nodeclipse/Enide Minimalist Gradle Editor)
  • Groovy
  • Haskell (EclipseFP)
  • haXe (eclihx)
  • HTML (Eclipse WTP, AngularJS Eclipse Plugin)
  • Jade (Node.js template engine; Nodeclipse/Enide Minimalist Jade Editor)
  • Java
  • Java properties (Eclipse JDT, Properties Editor)
  • JavaScript
  • Json (Json Eclipse Plugin, Eclipse Json Editor Plugin)
  • JSP
  • Less (Eclipse plugin for LESS)
  • Markdown
  • PDE
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Puppet (Gepetto)
  • Python
  • R (StatET)
  • Ruby
  • Scala
  • Spket IDE (JavaScript and XML)
  • SQL
  • TCL
  • Text
  • Twig
  • TypeScript
  • XML
  • XSL
  • Xtend
  • Yaml (Yedit)

Available themes:

  • Black Pastel
  • frontenddev
  • Gedit Original Oblivion
  • Havenjark
  • Inkpot
  • minimal
  • Monokai
  • Mr
  • NightLion Aptana Theme
  • Notepadd++ Like
  • Oblivion
  • Obsidian
  • Pastel
  • RecognEyes
  • Retta
  • Roboticket
  • Schuss
  • Solarized Dark
  • Solarized Light
  • Sublime Text 2
  • Sunburst
  • Tango
  • Vibrant Ink
  • Wombat
  • Zenburn
  • You can download additonal themes or create your own on eclipsecolorthemes.org.

    If you have a feature request such as support for another editor, create an issue or a pull request on GitHub.

    If you like the plugin and feel generous, you could make a donation.

    Categories:
    • Editor,
    • IDE,
    • UI
    Tags:
    • theme,
    • editor,
    • color,
    • aa,
    • themes,
    • scheme,
    • schemes
    Additional Details
    Eclipse Versions: 
    Mars (4.5), Luna (4.4), Kepler (4.3), Juno (4.2, 3.8), Previous to Juno (<=4.1), Neon (4.6), Oxygen (4.7), Photon (4.8), 2018-09 (4.9)
    Platform Support: 
    Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK
    Organization Name: 
    Felix H. Dahlke and Roger Dudler
    Development Status: 
    Production/Stable
    Date Created: 
    Sat, 2011-01-08 07:25
    License: 
    EPL
    Date Updated: 
    Mon, 2019-02-04 13:52
    Submitted by: 
    Felix H. Dahlke
    Screenshots
    Metrics
    DateRankingInstallsClickthroughs
    February 202119/9085543 (1.35%)40
    January 202118/9306607 (1.47%)50
    December 202020/9195905 (1.39%)43
    November 202018/9256458 (1.41%)55
    October 202019/9276372 (1.36%)58
    September 202025/8943457 (0.77%)47
    August 202040/8671614 (0.44%)46
    July 202034/8702149 (0.52%)49
    June 202038/8672085 (0.49%)44
    May 202039/8762525 (0.52%)104
    April 202037/8913060 (0.57%)84
    March 202033/8923367 (0.61%)99
    View Data for all Listings
    Errors

    Unsuccessful Installs in the last 7 Days: 3

    CountError Message
    1Cannot continue the operation. There is another install operation in progress.
    1Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found....
    1操作を続行できません。 別のインストール操作が進行中です。
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    pybigourdan's picture

    Outdated Eclipse Versions

    Submitted by Pierre-Yves Bigourdan on Wed, 2019-09-04 10:52

    The entry should be updated to include Eclipse 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13. See https://github.com/eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme/issues/272

    ggrodotzki's picture

    AWESOME plugin!

    Submitted by Gunter Grodotzki on Sat, 2019-03-23 15:05

    This should be included to eclipse by default, unfortunately it seems like a cat & mouse game to support all plugins that are out there. In particular I'd be happy to see support for the following plugins:

    • https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/jenkins-editor
    • https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/bash-editor

     

    Cheer!

    mmisingnamec2f's picture

    did not work on my system

    Submitted by Roland Hughes on Fri, 2018-02-16 13:36

    Eclipse Platform

    Version: 3.8.1
    Build id: debbuild

    64-bit KDE Neon with Eclipse from the distro repos.

    Followed the instructions to add the plug-in from the Web site. It says it is enabled, but when I goto Window->Preferences->General->Appearance and expand it, there is nothing showing for color theme plug-in. Just

    Colors and Fonts

    Label Decorations

    Does this plug-in not supprt 3.8.1 on 64-bit Linux or is the menu option hidden under something else?

    psoi's picture

    Not show preview on PHP Eclipse Oxygen

    Submitted by Pe Soi on Mon, 2017-08-21 23:10

    It doesn't show preview when i click any Color Theme

    imgur.com/jx1LDvg

    fgomeslka's picture

    You can install and use even though it is not maintaine any long

    Submitted by Fausto Gomes on Fri, 2016-09-02 17:32

    You can make it work. Install the plugin in Eclipse using Marketplace (Help -> Eclipse Market place -> search Color Theme and click on the install of the select item of the results.

    Now, download these xml files from my google drive ( h t t p s ://drive.google (dot) com/folderview?id=0B-AMLyxKCEq-YjVPeFpkT1AtYXM&usp=sharing ). On Eclipse go to Windows -> Preference -> Appearance -> Color Theme. In the bottom of the screen click on the ""IMPORT THEME"" and navigate to the files downloaded. Once you do that, select any of the imported themes and it will work.

    I also shared many of those XML files with my name and the original XML theme name.

    Enjoy!

    ml6sr's picture

    Abandonware, so sad

    Submitted by Mario L on Thu, 2016-07-07 05:39

    Excellent idea but the project site is down since years, last release is from 2014, has open issues a plenty...

    osantamaria's picture

    Plug in not available

    Submitted by Oscar Santamaria on Fri, 2016-07-01 01:04

    I really like the plug in but it has not been available for a while. When is it going to be available again?

    mchernyaev's picture

    Please make support for Content Server IDE Plug-In for Eclipse

    Submitted by Maxim Chernyaev on Mon, 2015-08-03 08:15

    Hi!
    Your plug-in is awesome, I love it. Unfortunately it does not support Oscript - programming language of Opentext Content Server IDE Plug-In for Eclipse.

    Please it add, It would be so great!

    ebeeblebrox's picture

    Chosen theme setting/color schem doesn't survive eclipse restart

    Submitted by Ewoks Beeblebrox on Fri, 2015-07-24 03:05

    Eclipse color theme plugin settings are not saved in last few milestones versions of eclipse (Luna, Mars RC.. ), including latest official Mars. Where is actually problem? In Eclipse or plugin?

    plinzhi's picture

    The plugin don't work under Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

    Submitted by Piao Linzhi on Mon, 2015-07-06 23:27

    The color theme trun to the default theme every time after restarted of eclipse. It make me crazy.
    Eclipse version is :
    Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.

    Version: Mars Release (4.5.0)
    Build id: 20150621-1200

    narayananmp's picture

    Unable to get it working

    Submitted by Narayan Ma on Mon, 2015-06-29 16:34

    Installation was so easy, did it by dragging. Went to Window→Preferences→General→Appereance->Color Theme and selected a new theme. On apply or restart, the editor screen blips and comes back to the same theme I have. Any idea how can I get it working ?

    Version Info:
    Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.

    Version: Kepler Service Release 2
    Build id: 20140224-0627

    narayananmp's picture

    I got it working after

    Submitted by Narayan Ma on Tue, 2015-06-30 11:30

    I got it working after uninstalling Aptena from Eclipse.

    Regards
    Narayanan Ma

    jpaul8af's picture

    Thanks for this plugin

    Submitted by Javin Paul on Thu, 2014-05-01 06:47

    I was really missing this feature in my eclipse installation. Thanks a lot for this plugin, it works like a charm.

    Thanks
    Javin

    lseregi's picture

    Very nice

    Submitted by Laszlo Seregi on Fri, 2014-04-11 17:07

    Thanks, it saves my eyes.

    mjoystick's picture

    Don't work on Eclipse Zend PDT v3.2.0

    Submitted by Momo Joystick on Fri, 2013-11-22 04:53

    always a same error ...
    Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Eclipse Color Theme 0.13.0.201311210852 (com.github.eclipsecolortheme.feature.feature.group 0.13.0.201311210852)
    To: com.github.eclipsecolortheme [0.13.0.201311210852]

    I think it's a great plug-in but I can not try it

    pverest's picture

    #163

    Submitted by Paul Verest on Sat, 2014-04-12 12:18

    see https://github.com/eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme/issues/163

    cpang8bv's picture

    Works in Kepler 4.3 SR1

    Submitted by Clifton Pang on Wed, 2013-11-20 16:24

    I really like this app. It makes it easier to see my code. Favorite is a dark theme, which is RecognEyes. As previous reviewer mentioned, you need to tweak the colors a bit in the Window->Preferences->General->Editor->TextEditors->Annotations -> Write Occurences / Occurences -> Change to Text from Highlighted to Box, or simply change the color to Bright Blue.

    rday3om's picture

    Excellent Idea

    Submitted by Ryan Day on Fri, 2013-10-11 16:45

    I really appreciate that this helps reduce the strain on my eyes. However, I do wish that it would apply a theme to Eclipse as a whole instead of just the editor windows.

    Thanks!

    mmisingnamemxg's picture

    Nice add-on but needs more controls for C dark themes

    Submitted by Missing name Mising name on Wed, 2013-04-10 18:02

    I started by a theme offered in the website, but had to change few things to make it right for C (dark theme).
    Among few things needed to change the tooltip, Annotation (Make it box instead of highlight) , and inactive highlight color. Then I wanted to publish it in the website, but realized they do not get tweaked.

    mfloyd's picture

    Expensive

    Submitted by Max Floyd on Fri, 2013-01-11 08:51

    While I appreciate the work and benefit Color Theme represents, I just looked into adding into Eclipse 3.8. It requires 100 MB additional bloat. Really? Thanks, but I'll pass.

    abergstrm's picture

    Change tab gets slow

    Submitted by Alexander Bergström on Sun, 2012-12-30 21:22

    When i installed this plugin, changing tabs gets slower, about 2 seconds to load tab. Really irritating...

    ngaulia's picture

    it's noothing to do with this

    Submitted by Norbertas Gaulia on Thu, 2013-01-10 13:17

    it's noothing to do with this plugin, if you are running Juno SR1 please install performance patch http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Juno_Performance_Investigation

    this plugin is osm

    alazurkevych's picture

    Works only for editor window

    Submitted by Andrij Lazurkevych on Mon, 2012-10-22 11:07

    The plugin allows to change color scheme only in editor window.
    The rest still hurt my eyes (Navigator, Package Explorer, consoles etc)
    Pretty disappointing.

    amubarak's picture

    Nice plugins

    Submitted by Adiyat Mubarak on Fri, 2012-09-07 08:33

    i installed successfully, and i could change my juno themes and pretty good for my eyes if i coding in dark place

    mmisingnamehh6's picture

    FAIL - breaks ability to select strings on double click

    Submitted by Missing name Mising name on Wed, 2012-09-05 01:30

    Now when I double click on a string in python source code
    eclipse juno osx fails to select string as highlighted

    mdropkin's picture

    sorry can't find the right place to report an issue

    Submitted by Mitka Dropkin on Mon, 2012-08-27 08:38

    eclipse juno, cdt , eclipse color theme 0.12.0.
    switching to dark theme and then back to the default:

    mouse over function call shows the small preview, this preview is
    in wrong color (dark but not coming from the last theme ).

    pmisingname45r's picture

    Great plugin.

    Submitted by Pashalis Mising name on Mon, 2012-08-13 12:39

    This functionallity was missing from Eclipse for a long time. This plugin does the job and should be included by default in future eclipse releases.

    zwangfun's picture

    tahnks developer for this, makes it much easier on my eyes

    Submitted by Ziyi Wang on Fri, 2012-08-10 21:41

    To install, you need to have the install software tab open, and then drag and drop the install button, worked for me on Juno :)

    ccutts's picture

    I can't install it.

    Submitted by Calvin Cutts on Sat, 2012-08-04 16:48

    This a much needed feature but i can't install it. When i drag the install icon onto my workspace it just pastes the url of installbutton.png.

    Is there another way to install this?

    cxin's picture

    please provide login details for eclipse-color-theme.github.com

    Submitted by Chen Xin on Thu, 2012-08-02 02:30

    i have a problem about eclipse-color-theme ,when i set plug-in in MyEclipse Configuration Center,MyEclipse constantly prompts me to enter a username and password.
    I am wondering about username and password. what username and password is correct?

    mdeniskfr's picture

    Support for Juno

    Submitted by Mathieu Denis on Wed, 2012-07-25 17:42

    It looks like the update site URL is not working with Eclipse 4.2 Juno. Does somebody can confirm?

    mthomas4d0's picture

    Can't drag and drop

    Submitted by Michael Thomas on Thu, 2012-05-10 16:16

    I have Windows 7, don't know if that is the problem but I cannot drag the icon tag and drop it into my open Eclipse. I would really like this plugin based on the reviews. Is there some other way to to download it, like put it on the software update list in Eclipse. That way I could always get the latest version when I do an update.

    Thanks.

    jbarneck's picture

    Great plugin! For future can everything be themed?

    Submitted by Jared Barneck on Wed, 2012-05-09 00:03

    I am so happy you made this plugin. It saved me a ton of time.

    I like black background with colored text.

    I would like the whole program to change with the theme someday, so all the tabs surrounding the editor have a black background.

    aeljadue's picture

    Installing this theme

    Submitted by Alejandro Eljadue on Mon, 2012-04-09 12:39

    Hi, i'm new in this site "marketplace", can anyone tell me how can i install this theme in my blackberry plugin Eclipse?

    cmisingname32j's picture

    4th most downloaded plugin of this month!

    Submitted by Cesco Mising name on Thu, 2011-03-17 09:58

    Congratulation to the developer of this plugin, by now it's the 4th most downloaded plugin of the month, even more downloaded than other important plugins such as PyDev and Google Plugin!

    IMHO this highlights the necessities of many developers and the importance of having light and dark color schemes directly supported by Eclipse.

    alev's picture

    Tab coloring per project

    Submitted by Adi Lev on Wed, 2011-03-02 04:03

    Hi, It would be nice if you will get involved in Tab coloring per project. Coloring tab of each file per it project can be a nice feature, mostly for multiple versions of same product, where file names are the same.

    wlaansdi's picture

    Lovely

    Submitted by W.J. van der Laan on Sat, 2011-02-19 09:38

    This plugin is great! IMO, this should be integrated into Eclipse! Code highlighting themes aren't simply vanity, a nice theme makes it more pleasurable to read code thus makes me more productive.

    A little issue: after installing this plugin and restarting Eclipse, then configuring a theme, restarting the editors does not suffice to apply the theme correctly. I had to restart Eclipse another time. Not a great deal, but the initial tweak before restarting had black on grey background, which scared me :)

    Also, in C++ with a dark theme you might want to change the "General -> Annotations -> C/C++ Occurences" background color. Otherwise, you get unreadable light on light color on the currently selected keyword/definition. You might also want to change the backgrounds in "Preferences->C/C++->Editor->Appearance Color Options->Inactive Code Hightlight"

    fdahlke's picture

    Sorry to hear that

    Submitted by Felix H. Dahlke on Sun, 2011-02-06 12:07

    Sorry to hear that uninstalling didn't work for you. You've probably done this, but here's the uninstall procedure:

    1. Go to: Help->Install new Software...
    2. Click on the "already installed" link on the lower right part of the window.
    3. Select "Eclipse Color Theme" and press "Uninstall".

    If you can't find "Eclipse Color Theme" there, try finding it on the "Features" or "Plug-ins" tabs.

    smisingname41w's picture

    Thanks!

    Submitted by Superc0w Mising name on Mon, 2011-02-07 02:50

    The above did the uninstall for me. Thanks for the tip!

    smisingname41w's picture

    Great! But unable to uninstall old version ...

    Submitted by Superc0w Mising name on Thu, 2011-02-03 08:41

    I had installed an older version of this utility previously, but couldn't uninstall it because it didn't appear under the installed tab under the marketplace. I installed this new version on top of it, hoping it would overwrite the old one but it didn't. Now I have 2 color themes in preferences. Is there any way to manually remove/uninstall the old version?

    That aside, this is great! Previously I had to muck around with config files to change the theme. This makes it much easier to change themes.

    [Edit for grammar]

    dmakin's picture

    Excellent idea

    Submitted by David Makin on Tue, 2011-02-01 04:10

    great idea and a very handy website to create and publish your own themes. Only thing I would like to see is the ability to add a theme per content type

    fdahlke's picture

    You mean e.g. different theme

    Submitted by Felix H. Dahlke on Wed, 2011-02-02 05:02

    You mean e.g. a different theme for Java than for XML?

    cmisingname32j's picture

    Thank you!

    Submitted by Cesco Mising name on Wed, 2011-01-26 12:10

    You almost saved my life, and for sure you have saved my eyes! THIS IS THE BEST ECLIPSE PLUGIN EVER !!!!!
    I have only a problem: now the debug output text appears in gray with a white background, so it's almost unreadable... I have taken a screenshot of it here (I'm using "oblivion" theme):

    https://skitch.com/fmaida/rmkek/eclipse-color-theme-issue

    Could you fix that please? And if you could, please add more styles and support for Python/PyDev syntax in a next update. Thank you very much.

    fdahlke's picture

    Thanks for the info!

    Submitted by Felix H. Dahlke on Mon, 2011-01-31 17:04

    Thanks for the info! I've created an issue for this, we will address it:
    https://github.com/eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme/issues/issue/4

    PyDev support has also landed by now.

    cmisingnamex0u's picture

    Great stuff

    Submitted by Chris Mising name on Sat, 2011-01-22 10:59

    Great stuff on this plugin. I love the vibrant ink theme. There are still sometimes some color conflicts (dark on dark, light on light) on things like mark occurrences and the such that users will have to adjust to their liking. Otherwise, awesome and much needed. BIG THANKS!

    fdahlke's picture

    The mark occurrences issues

    Submitted by Felix H. Dahlke on Wed, 2011-01-26 12:55

    The mark occurrences issues are fixed now.

    aazzam's picture

    Please add more theme

    Submitted by Abu Azzam on Fri, 2011-01-21 09:19

    Especially twilight-ish, the existing ones are to colorful for me :P. Anyway, I really love this, thanks.

    fdahlke's picture

    I've added three additional

    Submitted by Felix H. Dahlke on Wed, 2011-01-26 17:15

    I've added three additional themes in version 0.6, see the list above. It's furthermore now possible to import themes from http://eclipsecolorthemes.org.

    aazzam's picture

    great job!

    Submitted by Abu Azzam on Thu, 2011-02-03 03:18

    I can't believe the plugin will improve this much, the site especially is a great idea! I will recommend this plugin to others! Thanks.

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