| How to change the color of the variable locations when I highlight it? [message #217027] |
Wed, 20 June 2007 19:36  |
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Originally posted by: www.nospam.net
Hi,
I use a feature in Eclipse a lot. That is: when I point my cursor to a
variable, say "myNum", then in any places in the program, if myNum is
used, on the right side there will be a faint white color to indicate
myNum is used here.
That faint white color sometimes is hard to recognize. I am wondering if
I can configure my Eclipse so that some stronger color is used.
Thank you.
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| Re: How to change the color of the variable locations when I highlight it? [message #217405 is a reply to message #217242] |
Fri, 22 June 2007 13:34  |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: eclipse5.rizzoweb.com
Carl Manaster wrote:
> Hi, Mark,
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>> Hi. Try Window / Preferences / General / Editors / Text Editors /
>> Annotations. This one preference appears to change both the text
>> highlighting and the little guy on the right (which I never noticed
>> before). Hope this helps. Mark Dexter
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> One reason you've never noticed it before is the low contrast between
> the gray annotation bar and the annotations. It's very hard to find a
> color that shows up well on the annotation bar without also screaming in
> the text area (where the colored region is both much bigger and
> contrasts against a white background). I think Eclipse should:
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> o allow me to change the background color of the annotation bar;
> o use a supersaturated version of the text hilite color in the
> annotation bar.
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> One or the other would make this great feature even better.
Feel free to enter an enhancement request in Bugzilla - the newsgroups
are not the right forum for officially submitting such requests.
In the meantime, what I do is use real "highlight" colors for
annotations, like yellow, bright green, bright orange, etc. I have no
problem seeing either the annotations in the bar nor the highlighted text.
Hope this helps,
Eric
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| Re: How to change the color of the variable locations when I highlight it? [message #217413 is a reply to message #217405] |
Fri, 22 June 2007 15:36 |
 Carl Manaster
Messages: 23
Registered: July 2009 |
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Hi, Eric,
> Feel free to enter an enhancement request in Bugzilla - the newsgroups
> are not the right forum for officially submitting such requests.
> In the meantime, what I do is use real "highlight" colors for
> annotations, like yellow, bright green, bright orange, etc. I have no
> problem seeing either the annotations in the bar nor the highlighted text.
Thanks; I think there are enough such requests already in the system:
<a href = "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=69690">69690</a>
<a href = "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=69053">69053</a>
<a href = "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=50874">50874</a>
<a href = "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=90194">90194</a>
(since there's no preview in the NewsPortal window, nor instructions
regarding links, I'll repeat just the bug numbers here; above I tried to
include links to the bugs: 69690, 69053, 50874, 90194)
Bright colors are a reasonable workaround, but I prefer - and assert
without proof that it is more productive / less stressful - a subdued,
pastel highlight for the text. Those colors are simply invisible in the
bar.
Peace,
--Carl
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