Ubuntu + Eclipse 4.2 - Dark theme - How to darken sidebar backgrounds?

Question

Due to spending 24/7 programming in front of a computer screen (job, thesis), it\'s beneficial to view dark colours as much as possible.

Ubuntu\'s Ambiance theme can

Answer 1

Even in 2013, some items still can not be 'themed', and not only in Eclipse IDE. Only way to fight with color hardcoders (people who define item color via constant, not via theme parameter) is Compiz Color Filter. I develop such filter which preserve colours while inverting. So no problem with any software anymore.

Unfortunately, color filtering will not work on latest Ubuntu's as i know.

Please read more here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419702&page=3

!!ARBfp1.0
TEMP temp, neg, YPbPr;
TEX temp, fragment.texcoord[0], texture[0], RECT;
RCP neg.a, temp.a;
MAD temp.rgb, -neg.a, temp, 1.0;
MUL temp.rgb, temp.a, temp;
MUL temp, fragment.color, temp;
DP3 YPbPr.x, temp, {0.333, 0.333, 0.333, 1};
SUB YPbPr.y, YPbPr.x, temp.b;
SUB YPbPr.z, YPbPr.x, temp.r;
ADD temp.r, YPbPr.x, YPbPr.z; 
ADD temp.b, YPbPr.x, YPbPr.y;
SUB temp.g, YPbPr.x, YPbPr.z; 
SUB temp.g, temp.g, YPbPr.y;

MOV result.color, temp;
END

# DO NOT MOVE LINE #2 (TEMP...) below, i.e. do not insert comments before it!
# do not insert comments before 'END' token: SOMETIMES not work!

# replace file /usr/share/compiz/filters/negative with this file.

#  Color filter: negative, but preserve colours. Tested on Ubuntu LTS 10.04.

# compiled from [1], [2] by jopka@kvidex.ru, www.bdyssh.ru
# [1] http://hronir.blogspot.com/2008/09/compiz-fusion-color-filter-for-hue.html
# [2] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419702

# add to line 15:  MUL temp.b, 0.5, temp.b;  - for warm/melatonine colors, or 
#  MUL temp.g, 0.5, temp.g;  - for cold colors.