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| Colors and Fonts</H1> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> Many of the fonts and colors and used by eclipse components can be set using the |
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| <strong>General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts</strong></a> |
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| preference page.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> A tree is used to navigate among and show a short preview of |
| the various colors and fonts. The current face (but not size) of any font is |
| previewed in its label. Colors are previewed in the icon associated with its |
| label. Additionally, some categories (Workbench in particular) provide a more |
| detailed preview of their contributions. This preview is shown below the description |
| area if available.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> Font settings can be changed either by selecting the font from |
| the list and clicking <strong>Use System Font </strong> to choose the Operating |
| System font setting or by clicking <strong>Change </strong>to open up a font |
| selection dialog. <strong>Reset</strong> can be used to return to the default |
| value.</P> |
| <P CLASS="Para"> Color settings can be changed by clicking <strong>color</strong> |
| to the right of the tree area when a color is selected. <strong>Reset</strong> |
| can be used to return to the default value.</P> |
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| <P>Here is what the Colors and Fonts preference page looks like: </P> |
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| <P><img src="../images/Image274_fonts_preference.png" alt="Fonts preference page" border="0" > |
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| <p>The Colors and Fonts text field can be used to filter the contents. Simply |
| type in an entry and any matching results will remain in the tree view.</p> |
| <p>Descriptions and previews are provided when the Workbench colors and font settings |
| are selected.</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/Image274_fonts_preference2.png" alt="Fonts preference page" border="0"> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" > |
| <br><a href="../tasks/tasks-20.htm">Changing fonts and colors</a> |
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