Eclipse: change vertical bar color

Question

trying to deal with a minor issue here: I want to make my eclipse as distraction free as possible. So far I\'m satisfied, except for one thing that I\'ve not been able to fi

Answer 1

Found it myself, sharing it for others who want to customize their bar color:

#org-eclipse-e4-ui-compatibility-editor * { background-color: #002b36; }

change the hex value to anything you like. This css snippet has to be added to eclipse in some way (I did it with eclipse Chrome Theme http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-4-chrome-theme#.UYrzEkAW1J0)

FYI: I found the css id with the "css spy" from the eclipse tooling collection (http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-4-tools-css-spy#.UYrzSkAW1J0)

result:

Answer 2

Btw, It looks like you can actually just disable this bar by going to Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors. Then just uncheck the box labeled "Show range indicator".

Answer 3

Thanks for sharing your solution. I could apply the code by just adding to CSS files in eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.platform_4.3.1.v20130911-1000\css.

I use Windows 7 theme so added to e4_default_win7.css. And I slightly modified the rule to have less side effect (occurrence markers were hard to see with the colors set by color theme).

#org-eclipse-e4-ui-compatibility-editor Composite > Canvas {
    background-color: #232323;
}

Answer 4

I had a similar problem, but for me with Neon .2 on windows it was the unfold bar that stayed white. After I disabled unfold and enabled it, the bar stayed black(for now). But you could also just keep it disabled. It is shown in the link below.

link to the PrntScrn to disable unfold bar