I like to use a darker background but I cant find the setting to changer the highlighting. Every time I use it its like I'm finding waldo and it defeats the purpose.
Example: http://i.stack.imgur.com/pA0c9.png
I assume you are using the ISE? The command window just inverts the colours so anything other than medium grey is easy to find.
Anyway this is a really unfortunate feature of Windows, the highlight text isn't controlled by the ISE but by Personalisation settings. Go into Control Panel, Personalisation, Window Colour, then "Advanced Appearance Settings..." and you'll get the old options to change window colours.
The "Selected Items" setting will change the colour of highlighted text EVERYWHERE IN WINDOWS. So if you decide to go down this route you're going to need to pick a colour you can easily find on both your ISE and the standard black-on-white theme. I recommend a slightly lighter blue.
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Please see image for high lighted color to change. Here is the highlight
Unfortunately that appears to be a color setting which cannot be changed within Eclipse.
On Windows 10 it definitely uses the operating system default for Selected Text (which for me is blue), but you can change it through the Personalize settings for Windows. I verified this, but obviously that will impact all your applications, not just the Eclipse Console, so it's not a very good option.
I don't know things works on Linux or Mac, but I assume there is a similar approach available.
Notes:
You can easily change other color settings for the Eclipse Console. Just right click anywhere within the Console window and select Preferences... from the context menu. Then click on any of the colors shown (e.g. "Background color") to change it. Note that there is no option offered for changing the background color of selected text.
I also tried changing the Theme for Eclipse but the background color for selected text in the Console always remained the same as the Windows default regardless of the theme chosen. (I don't know of any technical reason why this setting in the Console cannot be customized though - perhaps someone else can explain?)
I found some great info on here about modifying Workbench's color scheme, but now that it's dark, the black cursor and dark blue line highlight blend in to the background almost entirely. The quick fix, of course, is to lighten the editor background, but I thought I'd ask if anyone has any idea how to modify the editor's line highlight and cursor colors.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
The color can be changed but you have to change the CSS
On linux it's here
/usr/share/mysql-workbench/data/code_editor.xml
MySQL Workbench does not allow to customize colors on that level. The color schemes work only on Windows (where the OS provides already high contrast schemes). Windows is also handling any adjustment of cursor color, selection color and other standard colors (like window background). Further modifications are only possible for SQL syntax highlighting.
Is there any way to change the text highlighting color in the Matlab Editor from bright blue with white text to something easier on the eye, perhaps programatically (or in the matlab.prf file)? I found the editor color and syntax highlighting preferences, however there isn't an option to set text highlighting.
This is not set directly by MATLAB, but inherited from the operating system.
In Windows 7, running a "Basic" theme, it would be under:
Control Panel → Appearance and Personalization → Personalization → Window Color (icon at bottom)
In the dropdown list, choose Item: Selected Items, and from there you can pick highlight color and font color.
Note: you shouldn't need to restart the computer, but you may need to restart MATLAB to see the change.
I've been trying to change the background color for the 'quick-fixes' pop-up (the pop up that lists ways to fix an error) in eclipse juno. Currently the color is black and the text is blue which makes it very hard to read.
I cant find the correct way to change the color. Please help. Its really annoying to squint and have to read blue text on a black background.
This was driving me nuts as well, here is the fix.
Go to preferences.
Search for "Annotations"
for each Annotation Type:
if "Text as" == "Highlighted" and Color == black:
Set the color to light or uncheck "Text As"
In this screen shot, I am fixing Occurrences.
The problem I show to the left is the "Matching Tags" annotation which had the same problem.
You can change the color of the text in the pop-up.
In windows you can go Control Panel, search for colors and metrics and then select Change window colors and metrics. In the item menu select Hyperlinks and change the Color.
EDIT: This fix is valid for Windows 7. Windows 10 does not have the option to change Hyperlinks color.
Right Click anywhere in the Editor Window, and at the bottom of the context menu select Preferences. This will bring you into Java -> Editor. At the bottom ofthat window select the element colors you wish to change, in your case Parameter hints background and Parameter hints background or Completion overview background and Completion overview foreground, depending on which one it is you are having a problem with.
From what I found, I do not think you can change the color. I am not willing to go to Eclipse source code and find it but here's what fixed it for me. Not perfectly but to a level I can use the quick fix. In my case, the background and foreground was same. (Luna, Dark Theme, Using Solarized Editor Theme).
Go into the Preferences (Window -> Preferences)
Choose General -> Appearance from the left menu
Uncheck the checkbox Use mixed fonts and colours for labels
The detail is in this post. How to change the highlight color in autocomplete box in Eclipse
I've recently downloaded Eclipse 3.6, everything works fine, but there is one issue that really frustrates me. The highlight color of a currently selected item in a code assist popup is barely visible against white background. I've tried to mess with color settings, but it seems that there is no option for my needs. The line highlight color set in Windows color scheme is only used to highlight in a focused popup.
I believe it is hidden in another part of Preferences. I personally wanted to change the highlighted or currently selected line color, and could not find anything in Colors and Fonts. Ends up it was in...
General -> Editors -> Text Editors
And you just need to go through every option in the "Appearance color options" box there. One is "Current line highlight" and that fixed my problem. I hope it helps yours!
I know you're trying to change the highlight color, but if the problem is contrast you can change the content assist background color, and get this kind of contrast
The setting is General->Appearance->Color Basic->Content Assist Background
Then it's just a matter of finding colors that please you.
Try Preferences->General->Appearance->Color and Fonts then find the appropriate category.
Some editors will have support for "Colored labels - match highlight"
I was having the same issue and I've found a solution for windows XP. If you go to Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance -> Advanced and select 3D Objects under Item you can change the color of this highlight to a darker color.
However it does change the appearance of other parts of your windows.