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Change Colours In Eclipse Diff

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I have previously asked about an external diff tool for eclipse as I find it hard to see the diffs in the eclipse built in diff as everything is a shade of grey instead of the useful diff viewers in IDEA and Netbeans.

How to use external diff viewers in eclipse? Is there any diff viewer available for eclipse inbuilt?

However, today I used the Code AnalytiX plugin to find similar code and the diff viewer that came up was a lot more visible with changes highlighted in red and green. e.g. CodePro AnalytiX Similar Code Diff

How can I make the built in eclipse editor behave like that instead of the default greys: Built in Eclipse Diff

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opticyclic Avatar asked Jun 05 '13 14:06

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1 Answers

Inside of the properties you can change all the colors and fonts. You are looking for

General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts -> Text Compare

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greedybuddha Avatar answered Oct 08 '22 19:10

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