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Eclipse 2019 black background

After install of 2019-12 version of Eclipse I can't set black background while using Dark theme and Default set of colors. If I change color in General -> Editors -> Text Editors -> Appearance color options -> Background color - I see line numbers background color get changed to my choice, while text area remain in same dark grey, regardless of the color I choose.

I tried to manually edit epf preferences and import them back, but even this way doesn't work. Is there a some change/bug in Eclipse 2019-12 which override the user chose? There are some already answered questions about Eclipse colors, but I believe they are not helpful after recent changes.

Solution

  • For those who come here by googling, you can change the color of Java editor, Package Explorer and Outline views background in one place, see file

    <..>.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.themes_<version>\css\dark\e4-dark_partstyle.css

    and then edit background-color 

    .MPart DependenciesComposite > SashForm > Section > * { /* Section > DependenciesComposite$... */
    background-color: #151515;
    color: #AAAAAA;
}

    I found #151515 better than default one.