Eclipse PDT – Creating a dark theme the easy way

Posted by 7sins|PHP, Programming, Techie, Time Pass|4 Comments

I spend quite an awfully long time coding using Eclipse PDT and hate staring at the white IDE screen.

It hurts my eyes to keep looking at the white screen and thus my journey started to find a suitable dark theme.

Having not been able to find one that didn’t crash my Eclipse set-up, I went ahead and created my own dark theme.

Here is a sneak preview :

To get the same effect do the following steps :

1. Go to Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors
   
   Set the following values
   1. Line number foreground : #C0C0C0
   2. Current line highlight : #273A4B
   3. Print margin : #C0C0C0
   4. Find scope : #BCADAD
   5. Selection foreground color : #000000
   6. Selection background color : #898941
   7. Background color : #112435
   8. Foreground color : #FFFFFF
   9. Hyperlink : System Default

2. Go to Window > Preferences > PHP > Editor > Syntax Coloring
   
   Set the following values

   Syntax Element	Enabled	Foreground	Background	Extras
   Classes	x	NA	NA	NA
   Constants	x	NA	NA	NA
   Deprecated members	✓	#000000	#FFFFFF	Strikethrough
   Fields	✓	#C7DD0C	#FFFFFF	NA
   Functions	x	NA	NA	NA
   Heredoc	✓	#D1DEBF	#112435	NA
   Internal classes	x	NA	NA	NA
   Internal constants	x	NA	NA	NA
   Internal functions	x	NA	NA	NA
   Keywords	✓	#E6A82D	#112435	NA
   Methods	x	NA	NA	NA
   Multi-line comment	✓	#3A8BDA	#112435	NA
   Normal	✓	#FFFFFF	#112435	NA
   Number	✓	#7BD827	#112435	Bold
   Parameter variables	x	NA	NA	NA
   PHP tags	✓	#FF8B09	#112435	NA
   PHPDoc	✓	#C7DD0C	#112435	Bold
   PHPDoc comment	✓	#3A8BDA	#112435	NA
   Single-line comment	✓	#3A8BDA	#112435	NA
   Static fields	✓	#0000C0	#112435	Italic
   Static methods	✓	#F5428A	#112435	Italic
   String	✓	#FFFF80	#112435	NA
   Superglobal variables	x	NA	NA	NA
   Task Tag	✓	#7CA5D5	#112435	Bold
   Variable	✓	#8DB0D3	#112435	NA

Now go ahead and enjoy your dark theme and give your eyes some relief.
Happy coding