For some reason, Netbeans IDE 8.2 won't apply any different themes than the original one. Has anyone else had an issue with this? I have applied the new theme and restarted the application many times without success. Thank you.
It's very hard to identify what is wrong since everything in your screenshot looks perfect, and Sublime-Theme works for me using NetBeans 8.2 on Windows 10. See the file with the tab NewServlet.java in the screen shot below.
Note that using Sublime-Theme does not impact everything. For example, the Projects and Navigator panels don't change. Since your screen shot only showed the Options window, and the Start Page doesn't change in the editor either, are you absolutely certain that none of your files in the editor are using Sublime-Theme?
Also, you say that "Netbeans IDE 8.2 won't apply any different themes than the original one", but NetBeans comes bundled with several themes, such as NetBeans and NetBeans 5.5 as shown in the screen shot below. How many options are shown in the profile drop list for you? If you select a different theme from the Profile list and click Apply the rendering of your files in the editor should change immediately. Is that happening?
If so, the problem is probably confined to the installation of Sublime-Theme. Try deleting Sublime-Theme (the button is in the top right corner of your screen shot), and then import the zip file again to see if that fixes the problem. Also, verify that the Sublime-Theme zip file you downloaded can be manually unzipped since it might be a corrupt file.
Another thing to try is using some alternative plugins. Select Tools -> Plugins -> Available Plugins and then install Dark Look and Feel Themes and Darcula LAF for NetBeans. If those don't work either then there is something fundamentally wrong with the installation of NetBeans.
Finally, this article titled The complete guide to tuning the appearance of NetBeans may be helpful.
I'm using CFeclipse on Windows 10 OS.
With the adaptation of new 4k resolution laptops. Eclipse displays small icons and fonts. Its also reported as a bug in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=451693.
The mentioned bug has been fixed, Eclipse automatically scales images on high-DPI monitors on Windows since Eclipse Neon (4.6). So, make sure your Eclipse IDE is up to date.
If upgrading does not fix your issue, in eclipse.ini add the following line below the line -vmargs (see Tweaking SWT's auto-scaling):
-Dswt.autoScale=200
(In contrast to the compatibility mode of Windows, this is the way to get the double-resolution icons.)
To solve the problem in Windows 10.
Right click Eclipse Icon
Select Properties
Compatibility Tab
Under Settings Section check
Override High DPI scaling behaviour. Scaling performed by.
Select System.
Then Apply or Ok
I haven't encountered it yet in other application but this solution might also work for other apps that displays small icons and fonts.
This solution also works in Ultraedit,FastStone capture
The steps also helps for Coldfusion installer that appears too tiny to be readable or other Application installer in a 4k screen that shows everything too small.
I was having problems with a Windows 10 RDP connection using a Surface Pro machine. A recent update made Eclipse virtually unusable.
This solution worked perfectly :
Right click Eclipse Desktop Icon
Select Properties
Compatibility Tab
Change high DPI settings
Override High DPI scaling behaviour. Scaling performed by. Select
System.
Then Apply or OK
I then had to slightly adjust the font size within Eclipse itself. I found I could use a slightly smaller font
I'm having a problem with NetBeans fonts on my computer which for some reason are getting distorted. I decided to open this question because all searches I made ended up on how to change the fonts of the text editor but not of the IDE itself. As you can see on this printscreen, it is kinda hard to read because of this missing parts of the characters. I was having exactly the same problem with burp suite then I increase the font-size (didn't found a option there to change font-family) and it solved a little bit. I think that if I change these configurations it will be easier for me to read. Thanks in advance.
The solution came from http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqFontSize
There's 2 options to do:
Run netbeans with the additional --fontsize X parameter from the commandline
Edit the netbeans.conf file located in the %NETBEANS_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY\etc directory and at the part that says netbeans_default_options=.... append --fontsize X (Be sure that the option -J-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware is set to true. Netbeans will ignore the --fontsize instruction if is false).
This should change the default GTK font size. As noted in the link, it may not work in Gnome desktop environments because the font there is controlled by Gnome.
The netbeans.conf file for 10.x seems to have a slightly different syntax than previous versions.
In 8.2, adding "--fontsize x" worked. I couldn't get it to work in 10.0.
But adding "--fontsize x" to the start cmd works fine and doesn't compromise the font crispness when using a HD screen.
I recently brought Mac Book Pro and I installed Eclipse Luna. I am facing a problem in viewing the Java projects in "Package Explorer" folders are very small. Is there a way to increase instead of changing the screen resolution?
It should be possible, have a look at this link: http://blog.vogella.com/2013/02/19/css-styling-individual-part-of-the-eclipse-ide/
(Copy of the essential part, in case the above link stops working:
#org-eclipse-jdt-ui-PackageExplorer {
font-size:20;
background:black;
}
)
Remains the question, where to put those lines. Best would be to create your own style, but I never figured out how to do it. So I usually just modify one of the built-in styles. To do this, go to /Applications/eclipse4.4/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.0.1.v20140819-1717/css and open the css-file of the style you currently use (probably e4_default_mac.css). Then add the above lines at the end of that css file and restart Eclipse. Note: when updating Eclipse, you might have to repeat those steps.
EDIT: Just realized it was already asked and answered on SO: I cannot change the font size of package explorer in Eclipse Don't look at the accepted answer, but at the next one below.
No, there is no way to change the size of folders or other visual properties of package explorer.
The views, fonts, etc... of general views are set by the system/OS properties. Only the editor view allows customization of sizing, such as, font.
Does anybody know how to use large toolbar icons? Edit: How do I do it?
At first, close eclipse and be sure it is closed.
Than edit eclipse.ini and add the following lines:
-Dswt.enable.autoScale=true
-Dswt.autoScale=150
-Dswt.autoScale.method=nearest
The -Dswt.autoScale=150 will increase your Icons, 150 will say 150%. If it is not enough, increase it or decrease it otherwise.
Here is what to do for an easy solution:
Go to the start icon of your eclipse or PLCXpressoand
Click your right mouse bottom
Go to down and click properties
Click compartibility
Check overwrite high DPI scaling
Select system (enhanced)
Click OK at the bottom
Start Eclipse and enjoy
There is no support in Eclipse for large/small icons in the toolbar.
As this bug describes:
The other issue though is really that the GNOME toolbar style, similar to Mac OS X, is for a small number of large icons, while the Eclipse toolbar style is for a large number of quick-access buttons.
This means that the recommendations for, say, icons vs icons+text don't really apply to the Eclipse toolbar.
Update 2016 (5 years later)
Since 2011, you have some workarounds, like this answer referring to davidglevy/eclipse-icon-enlarger, which double the size of the icon in the eclipse main jar.
You have more instructions at PhantomYdn/eclipse-icon-enlarger.
You have the same idea (double the size of icons) implemented as a script (here is an gene1wood/scale_eclipse.sh)
But if the issue is poor (too small) resolution on HiDPI / Retina displays, try also the actual official Microsoft workaround (as illustrated here)
regedit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > SideBySide: create a DWORD PreferExternalManifest set to 1.
Beside eclipse.exe, create an eclipse.manifest file with, as content, one similar to this article.
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I have searched and searched for weeks for a solution to this problem If you want to solve it go to your eclipse folder and *.png search. Resize all the icons from 16x16 to 32x32 Then do the same for *.gif.
As you can see in the image I have not finished the task but it does work if you want to put in the time. I am sure there is an easier batch method of doing it I am sorry I have not found that yet. Just in case anyone is still using eclipse (which I prefer) and wanted larger toolbar icons there you go.
EDIT: I found an easy to use batch tool called Fotosizer. It remembers all the icons file locations when you drag and drop your *.png *.gif found files into the image selection area. Just set up the options for sizing and set the output like the image I just uploaded. If 32x32 is too big for you just make them a little smaller. Fotosizer Click Here I used the free version.
Screenshot Click Here
Be sure when you do your search to right click and sort the images by dimensions to make it easy for you to find all the 16x16 files in a group. This is in windows 7 64 bit version and RapidClipse Version: 2.3.1.201607130701
Take care,
Barry
I solved it on Linux by appending this line to eclipse.ini:
-Dswt.autoScale=200
See the original answer on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/61zsds/eclipse_neon_on_hidpi_screen_and_plasmaa_5/
In 2022 on linux with an UltraHD display:
set your system as zoom 100% (forget 200% or fractional hacks, it's slow and buggy)
only use font scaling : gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.5
To launch Eclipse (with perfect text and icon size) from terminal, use :
GDK_SCALE=2 GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5 ./eclipse
I can't comment, because <50 reputation points.
I refer to the method of resizing the images to let's say 32x32.
I wrote a little python script, in case someone might be interested.
It changes the size of all .gif and .png to 32x32.
Use on your own risk :)
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
from PIL import Image
for path,dirs,files in os.walk(r"D:\win7\apps\renesas_e2_studio\eclipse"):
for f in files:
uri = os.path.join(path,f)
for t in ".gif .png".split(" "):
if uri[-4:] == t:
img = Image.open(uri)
img = img.resize((32,32))
img.save(uri)
print(uri)
print("FINISHED")
add -Dswt.autoScale=150 in eclipse.ini, is working for my hybrid win10 12.3"
Thanks to Markus B
Running Eclipse 2020-09 R (i.e, v4.17) on Linux (openSUSE Tumbleweed with XFCE session) on an HP Spectre x360 with 283 dpi, I found that out of the box the fonts were fine but the icons were unreadably tiny. Also, setting -Dswt.autoscale=300 in the eclipse.ini made the icons look perfect but completely disrupted the layout and functionality of SWT (couldn't click on tabs, many texts were unreadably clipped). So I had to resort to the method of scaling all of the icon files. Here's one way to automate it.
After running eclipse for the first time (since that first run unpacks a lot of icons), go to the top-level eclipse directory (the one in which the eclipse executable resides), and enter xonsh (the python-based shell) in that directory. Then you can execute the following commands (at your own risk), for example by copy-pasting them at the prompt:
pngl = $(find . -name "*.png").strip().split("\n")
for png in pngl:
if not ('#2x' in png):
print(f"Found icon {png}, moving...")
pngo = png.replace('.png','-orig.png')
mv #(png) #(pngo)
pngbig = png.replace('.png','#2x.png')
if pngbig in pngl:
print(" ...has enlarged, scaling that by 150")
convert #(pngbig) -resize 150% #(png)
else:
print(" ...no enlargement, scaling orig by 300")
convert #(pngo) -resize 300% #(png)
Of course if you wanted a different basic scaling factor, say 250%, you would change the 150% scaling of the double size icon in the pngbig branch to 125% and the 300% scaling of the original-size icons in the other branch to 250%.
In case you use STS 4, edit SpringToolSuite4.ini instead with the properties suggested by #Frank
-Dswt.enable.autoScale=true
-Dswt.autoScale=150
-Dswt.autoScale.method=nearest