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| <H1>Changing fonts and colors |
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| <p>By default, the Workbench uses the fonts and colors provided by the operating |
| system. However, there are a number of ways that this behavior can be customized. |
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| <h2>Fonts</h2> |
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| <p>The Workbench lets you directly configure the following fonts: </p> |
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| <dl> |
| <dt>Banner Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used in PDE editors, welcome pages and in the title area of many wizards. |
| For instance the New Project wizard uses this font for the top title.</dd> |
| <dt>Dialog Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used for widgets in dialogs.</dd> |
| <dt>Header Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used as a section heading. For instance the Welcome page for the Eclipse |
| Platform uses this font for the top title.</dd> |
| <dt>Text Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used in text editors.</dd> |
| <dt>CVS Console Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used in the CVS console.</dd> |
| <dt>Ignored Resource Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used to display resources that are ignored from CVS.</dd> |
| <dt>Outgoing Change Font</dt> |
| <dd>Used to display outgoing changes in CVS.</dd> |
| <dt>Console Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used by the debug console.</dd> |
| <dt>Detail Pane Text Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used in the detail panes of debug views.</dd> |
| <dt>Memory View Table Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used in the table of the memory view.</dd> |
| <dt>Java Editor Text Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used by Java editors.</dd> |
| <dt>Properties File Editor Text Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used by Properties File editors.</dd> |
| <dt>Compare Text Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used by textual compare/merge tools.</dd> |
| <dt>Java Compare Text Font (defaults to text font)</dt> |
| <dd>Used by Java compare/merge tools.</dd> |
| <dt>Java Properties File Compare Text Font (defaults to properties file editor |
| text font )</dt> |
| <dd>Used by Java properties file compare/merge tools.</dd> |
| <dt>Part Title Font (defaults to properties file editor text font )</dt> |
| <dd>Used for view and editor titles. <strong>Note:</strong> It is recommended |
| that this font not be bold or italic because the workbench will use bold and |
| italic versions of this font to display progress.</dd> |
| <dt>View Message Font (defaults to properties file editor text font )</dt> |
| <dd>Used for messages in the view title bar (if present).</dd> |
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| </dl> |
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| <p>To change these fonts: |
| </p> |
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| <ol> |
| <li>Open the |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.ColorsAndFonts)")'> |
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| <b>General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts</b></a> |
| preference page.</li> |
| <li>Select the font you want to change.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Edit...</b></li> |
| <li>Use the dialog which opens to select a font.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p><strong>Note:</strong> You can also click <b>Use System Font</b> to set the |
| font to a reasonable value chosen by the operating system. For example, on Windows |
| this will use the font selected in the Display Properties control panel.</p> |
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| <p>Plug-ins that use other fonts may also provide preference entries to allow them to |
| be customized. For example, the Java development tools provide a setting for controlling |
| the font used by the Java editor (see <b>Java > Java Editor Text Font</b> on the preferences page). |
| </p> |
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| <p>In addition to the above, some text is always displayed in the system font. For example, |
| the navigator tree always does this. To change the font used in these areas, you can use the |
| configuration tools provided by the operating system (for example, the Display Properties control panel on |
| Windows, or the .Xdefaults file in Motif). |
| </p> |
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| <h2>Colors</h2> |
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| <p>To set the colors used by the Workbench to display error text and hyperlink text: |
| </p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Open the |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.ColorsAndFonts)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="command link"> |
| <b>General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts</b></a> |
| preference page.</li> |
| <li>Select the color you want to change in the tree view and click the color |
| bar on the right.</li> |
| <li>Use the dialog which opens to select a color.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <p>Plug-ins that use other colors may also provide preference entries to allow them to |
| be customized. For example, the searching support provides a preference for controlling |
| the color used to display potential matches |
| (see the <b>Foreground color for potential matches</b> item on the |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.search.preferences.SearchPreferencePage)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="command link"> |
| <b>General > Search</b></a> preference page). |
| </p> |
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| <p>In general, the Workbench uses the colors that are chosen by the operating |
| system. To change these colors you can use the configuration tools provided |
| by the system (for example, the Display Properties control panel on Windows, |
| or the .Xdefaults file in Motif). </p> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/accessibility/fontsandcolors.htm">Fonts and Colors in Eclipse</a> |
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