How To Change Eclipse To Dark Theme

This article demonstrates how to alter the color theme in Eclipse past installing Eclipse Color Theme plugin.

Eclipse is the preferred IDE for C++, Coffee, Android, Perl and what not. In my universities, the start up where I interned, the large IT company where I currently work at, Eclipse has always been the main tool for evolution. If you lot ever used Eclipse, y'all would know why so.

One of the near loved feature about Eclipse is customization. I am not going to dig deep in to what kind of customization y'all can practice with Eclipse. I am just going to show you how to modify the default light colored theme in Eclipse and give information technology a new, fresh and dissimilar await. If you prefer dark, y'all tin requite Eclipse a dark look easily.

I am using Ubuntu Linux to demonstrate irresolute themes in Eclipse, but this should be the aforementioned procedure for Windows and Mac OS X version.

Just make sure that you have installed the latest version of Eclipse in Ubuntu or whichever operating system you are using.

Alter Eclipse colour theme

Y'all'll be using The Eclipse Color Theme for this purpose. Just follow the steps below to change the theme of Eclipse.

Pace 1

Open Eclipse and in the top menu become to Aid->Install New Software.

Install New Software in Eclipse in Linux Ubuntu

Step 2

You'll see a screen like the i below. Click on Add together.

Step 3: Online installation

If you are connected to the net, only add the following URL in location: http://eclipse-color-theme.github.io/update/. You tin can copy the URL here. Give information technology whatever name you like. I named information technology Eclipse Color Theme for obvious reasons to easily recognize it (if y'all have several plugin installed already). One time done press OK.

Step 3: Offline installation

If your figurer cannot exist connected to internet, don't despair. You can install any Eclipse theme offline. You merely demand the zipped file of the plugin and you are good to go. Download the Eclipse Color Theme from the link below (on the arrangement where you lot take internet access).

In the previous step, while adding the source, click on Annal for offline installation. Browse to the downloaded zipped file and click OK.

Step 4: Install color theme

Once added, you'll see that Eclipse Color Theme (or whatever name you chose) has appeared. Select it and printing Side by side.

Keep on pressing Next or Okay. Accept the license, when prompted.

You'll also run into a security warning during the installation. Just press OK.

Once the installation is finished, you'll need to restart Eclipse before you could use the newly installed plugin.

Step v: Modify color theme

At present that we take installed the colour theme plugin, it is time to utilize this plugin and change the pare of Eclipse. Go to Menu->Windows->Preference:

In the left sidebar, go to General->Appearance->Colour Theme. When you select that, it will testify yous dissimilar bachelor themes in the right pane. You can choose the one you lot like and press OK.

Here is what my Eclipse looks like with Sublime Text 2 theme. If you do not know already, Sublime Text is one of the best text editors for Linux and Windows.

Sublime Text theme for Eclipse in Ubuntu Linux

Step half-dozen: Getting more color themes

There are effectually twenty color themes in this plugin. Y'all can get more than at Eclipse Color Themes website. All y'all need to do is to download the XML file and import information technology under Eclipse Colour Theme like this:

That'south information technology. This is all you need to do to install Eclipse color theme. I hope you notice this tutorial helpful. Whatever questions, suggestions or a discussion of thanks is appreciated.

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