How to change the highlight color in autocomplete box in Eclipse

Question

I can\'t find a way to change the color of the highlighted selection in the autocomplete box in Eclipse.

Answer 1

How to change it for all Ubuntu themes

On Ubuntu you can add a fix to the Appearance theme:

• Open a terminal ( CTRL + ALT + T )
• Create a new file with: gedit ~/.gtkrc-2.0

• In that file add these lines:

  style "eclipse_fix" 
  { 
  base[ACTIVE] = shade(0.7, "#F2F1F0") 
  }
  
  class "GtkTreeView" style "eclipse_fix"
  

• Save file

• In System Settings > Appearance, switch to an other theme and then switch back to the theme you had. This is done to "refresh" the current theme with the fix. (Alternatively, log out and log in again.)
• Test in Eclipse, hopefully your content assist will be readable ;)