I've recently downloaded Eclipse 3.6, everything works fine, but there is one issue that really frustrates me. The highlight color of a currently selected item in a code assist popup is barely visible against white background. I've tried to mess with color settings, but it seems that there is no option for my needs. The line highlight color set in Windows color scheme is only used to highlight in a focused popup.
Eclipse – How to change the color of the currently selected line in a code assist popup in Eclipse
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Java Editor
- Click Window » Preferences
- Expand Java » Code Style
- Click Formatter
- Click the Edit button
- Click the Indentation tab
- Under General Settings, set Tab policy to:
Spaces only - Click OK ad nauseam to apply the changes.
[Note: If necessary save profile with a new name as the default profile cannot be overwritten.]
Default Text Editor
Before version 3.6:
Window->Preferences->Editors->Text Editors->Insert spaces for tabs
Version 3.6 and later:
- Click Window » Preferences
- Expand General » Editors
- Click Text Editors
- Check Insert spaces for tabs
- Click OK ad nauseam to apply the changes.
Note that the default text editor is used as the basis for many non-Java editors in Eclipse. It's astonishing that this setting wasn't available until 3.3.
C / C++
- Click Window » Preferences
- Expand C/C++ » Code Style
- Click Formatter
- Click the New button to create a new profile, then OK to continue
- Click the Indentation tab
- Under General Settings, set Tab policy to:
Spaces only - Click OK ad nauseam to apply the changes.
HTML
- Click Window » Preferences
- Expand Web » HTML Files
- Click Editor
- Under Formatting, select the Indent using spaces radio button
- Click OK to apply the changes.
CSS
Follow the same instructions for HTML, but select CSS Files instead of HTML Files.
JSP
By default, JSP files follow the formatting preferences for HTML Files.
XML
XML files spacing is configured in Preferences.
- Click Window » Preferences
- Expand XML » XML Files
- Click Editor
- Select Indent using spaces
- You can specify the Indentation size if needed: number of spaces to indent.
Window → Preferences → General → Editors → Text Editors → Show line numbers.
Edit: I wrote this long ago but as @ArtOfWarfar and @voidstate mentioned you can now simply:
Right click the gutter and select "Show Line Numbers":
Best Answer
I believe it is hidden in another part of Preferences. I personally wanted to change the highlighted or currently selected line color, and could not find anything in Colors and Fonts. Ends up it was in...
General -> Editors -> Text Editors
And you just need to go through every option in the "Appearance color options" box there. One is "Current line highlight" and that fixed my problem. I hope it helps yours!