How do I change the background color of the Navigator view in eclipse?

Question

I didn\'t find any option for that, so I suspect that some views follow the color pattern of the operating system. I\'m currently using OS X, and it seems like changing the

Answer 1

My case is: Eclipse ver. 2018-09, Win 10. Eclipse install folder: C:\eclipse\eclipse-2018-09

I compared 2 files: 1) C:\eclipse\eclipse-2018-09\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.2.200.v20180828-1350\css\e4_basestyle.css 2) C:\eclipse\eclipse-2018-09\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.2.200.v20180828-1350\css\e4-dark.css

And find out css selector "CTabFolder Tree, CTabFolder Canvas" is present in dark, but absent in basestyle.

Add this selector in file "e4_basestyle.css"

CTabFolder Tree, CTabFolder Canvas {
    background-color: #ffffdffffd;
    color: #000;
}

and You can tune color for nav view.

Then select theme "Light" in Preferences->General->Appearance and click "Apply".

Answer 2

For platforms where eclipse uses gtk (Linux for example) one can use a custom gtkrc file (place it for example in the eclipse base directory)

style "eclipse" {
base[NORMAL] = "#FDF6E3"
fg[SELECTED] = "#FDF6E3"
base[SELECTED] = "#073642"
fg[NORMAL] = "#073642"
text[NORMAL] = "#073642"
base[ACTIVE] = "#073642"
}
class "GtkWidget" style "eclipse"

And a custom start script for eclipse

#!/bin/sh
GTK2_RC_FILES=gtkrc ./eclipse

Got the solution from http://blog.sarathonline.com/2008/10/solved-eclipse-looks-good-in-ubuntu-now.html

Combine this with the color themes plugin for coloring the editors

Answer 3

When Git is present, Project Explorer colors can be altered via Preferences > General > Apparearance > Colors and Fonts > Git

Answer 4

As mentioned in "Changing UI color in Eclipse":

Each time you see white or gray color, this is more than likely related to OS system colors.

(that is, for everything which is not an editor or a custom view).

This is likely the case for the navigator view, as reminded in "How to change background of all VIEWS in Eclipse IDE ?"