Eclipse syntax highlighting preferences save and restore

Question

I spend some time customizing the colors for syntax highlighting in Eclipse (Java, JSP, HTML, CSS, etc.) but whenever I try to export these settings via File|Export|General|

Answer 1

I'm using JBoss Developer Studio 10 with the Eclipse Neon 4.6 engine.

All .prefs files are inside this path:

/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.sett‌​ings

Update: I found a similar structure on this path too:

\RedHat\JBossDev\studio\configuration\.settings

It's my IDE folder plus \configuration\.settings

I recommend search for org.eclipse.*ui*.prefs instead *.prefs to refine your result.

The principal config files are:

• org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
  • Java Syntax Color Settings
• org.eclipse.ui.editors.prefs
  • Text Editor Settings
• org.eclipse.cdt.ui.prefs
  • Formatter Settings
• org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.prefs
  • JavaScript Syntax Color Settings
• org.eclipse.jst.jsp.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.css.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.html.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.json.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.dtd.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.xml.ui.prefs
• org.eclipse.wst.xsl.ui.prefs

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If have a problematic workspace:

1. Copy the files above
2. Create a new workspace
3. Copy and Replace that files in your new workspace

This will recover perfectly your custom editors color settings. For me worked very well.