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Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #892702] Fri, 29 June 2012 09:29 Go to next message
Enrico Horn is currently offline Enrico HornFriend
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Registered: April 2012
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Hello,
I checked out the new eclipse 4.2 and I cant set the appearance the way I could with eclipse 3.7.
Is there a way to get the old appearance options back?

Thanks for your help
Re: Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #892782 is a reply to message #892702] Fri, 29 June 2012 16:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
On 6/29/2012 5:29 AM, Enrico Horn wrote:
> Hello,
> I checked out the new eclipse 4.2 and I cant set the appearance the way
> I could with eclipse 3.7.
> Is there a way to get the old appearance options back?
>
> Thanks for your help

I want my tabs on the bottom setting back! :-(

I loathe tabs on the top of editor windows.

Someone should have done some real usability studies, with real users,
before deciding to force everyone to use the 'tabs on the top' setup.

Most of the time, I'm working at the BOTTOM of the text editor, typing
in new code. Why should I have to break my concentration completely to
look at the TOP of the screen, just to switch tabs?

Then again, a LOT of other, previous usability studies have been ignored
for years, such as the one that _proved_ it is faster to scroll around
in a window if the scroll-up/scroll-down (and scroll-left/scroll-right)
widgets are next to each other at the bottom right of the window.

As I understand things, with Juno, I'll have to learn EMF so I can
create my own custom theme for things that should have been the defaults
all along. <sigh>

Remember, just because "that's the way it's always been" has _NOTHING_
to do with whether it is the best and/or most efficient way.
Re: Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #892907 is a reply to message #892702] Sun, 01 July 2012 18:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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By appearance you meen ui colors or something more specifc? Maybe http://www.vogella.com/blog/2012/06/29/eclipse-4-2-is-ugly-change-the-theme/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter can help.
Re: Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #893857 is a reply to message #892907] Thu, 05 July 2012 17:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Webster is currently offline Paul WebsterFriend
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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa
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Also, if a setting like tabs on the bottom is missing, please open a bug at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Platform&component=UI

It would likely be controlled by the CSS, and we need to make sure that option is available.

PW


Re: Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #953580 is a reply to message #893857] Mon, 22 October 2012 11:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ian Gibbons is currently offline Ian GibbonsFriend
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Registered: October 2012
Junior Member
Hi,

Added as bug:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=392562


Regards

Ian
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Re: Eclipse 4.2 appearance [message #1694194 is a reply to message #953580] Fri, 01 May 2015 19:34 Go to previous message
Kris Olson is currently offline Kris OlsonFriend
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Registered: May 2015
Junior Member
Yes, our whole team is irritated by the loss of this option to put tabs on the bottom.
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