After watching a few webinars where the speaker used his sample code in a black-background editor, I decided to change my box standard black-on-white IDE layout to a new colour scheme. How easy is this in Eclipse?

At first I though I may have to change the syntax colouring of each element, but there is a much easier and better way: use the ‘Eclipse Color Scheme’ plugin.

First, run up Eclipse and from the menu select Help -> Eclipse Marketplace…

Then search for ‘Eclipse Color Scheme’. Download and follow the instructions to install. It may take a few minutes and it may need a restart of Eclipse.

When installation is over, go to menu Window -> Preferences. We have quite a selection of new themes under General-Appearance-Color Theme:

I used this theme for some PHP development and it looked great. They say a change is as good as a rest and it did seem to have a restful effect on my eyes.

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