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Eclipse 4.5 Mars appearance regression [message #1703075]

Tue, 28 July 2015 09:27

Eclipse User

The appearance of Eclipse 4.5 has regressed.

I have been using High Contrast appearance with eclipse 4.4 (Luna), as can be seen on:
eclipseLunaHighContrast0.png
eclipseLunaHighContrast.png

Using the same appearance on Eclipse 4.5 (Mars) is no longer a dark theme.
eclipseMarsHighContrast0.png
eclipseMarsHighContrast.png

However when I tried to use theme Dark I got back most of the appearance I was used to with Luna, but it is no longer possible to read the text on the menubar.
eclipseMarsDark.png

I am using Oblivion Editor color theme from Eclipse Color Themes.
Running Eclipse 4.4 and Eclipse 4.5 in KDE 5. My KDE has a dark theme also.

Previous eclipse was dependent on my GTK2 theme to get the appearance right. Found OverglossedBlack to work best with Eclipse while using a dark theme.

Edit: I can confirm that its the same problem in KDE 4.

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[Updated on: Wed, 19 August 2015 04:41] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse 4.5 appearance regression [message #1705792 is a reply to message #1703075]

Wed, 19 August 2015 04:41

Eclipse User

No one else have this problem with the new Eclipse Mars? Using Appearance Dark I get most of the look and feel back, but the text on the menus are no longer visible.

Also there is a lot more padding around the toolbar icons.

Doesn't look like the problem lies with Eclipse. With eclipse 4.4 I used a GTK2 theme called OverglossedBlack. With eclipse 4.5 which uses GTK3 the appearance was changed since OverglossedBlack wasn't GTK3.
I tried GTK3 Delorean Dark and was somewhat satisfied. Could be better though, just have to find a new perfect GTK3 theme for Black/Dark style.

[Updated on: Tue, 25 August 2015 08:11] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse 4.5 appearance regression [message #1706262 is a reply to message #1705792]

Tue, 25 August 2015 08:10

Eclipse User

Doesn't look like the problem lies with Eclipse. With eclipse 4.4 I used a GTK2 theme called OverglossedBlack. With eclipse 4.5 which uses GTK3 the appearance was changed since OverglossedBlack wasn't GTK3.
I tried GTK3 Delorean Dark and was somewhat satisfied. Could be better though, just have to find a new perfect GTK3 theme for Black/Dark style.

Re: Eclipse 4.5 Mars appearance regression [message #1706263 is a reply to message #1703075]

Tue, 25 August 2015 08:11

Eclipse User