[bretts]

Hi,

What style preference affects equals symbols in the HTML / JSP editor? After trying all the preferences for all file types, I still cannot find it.

I prefer to use a dark background, particularly for Java code, but this problem is preventing me doing so ..

When the colours for the normal Java syntax are set for constrasting against a dark background, this also effects the syntax highlighting for embedded java code inside JSP pages. So, I set the background for JSP pages to be dark (affecting most MyEclipse editors), and reconfigured all of the styles with colours appropriate for a dark background. This is great, except for the equals symbol which remains black (very very near invisble).

Is this a bug or am I missing something?

Regards

Brett

[Riyad Kalla]

Brett,
You aren’t missing anything, this is a frequently requested enhancement and we will try and provide a quick workaround for it in 3.8.3. Hang tight (another 2 weeks ETA).

[bretts]

Thanks for your response. I look forward to 3.8.3.

[newmyeclipseuser]

I found a way to change the equal sign color…..

Search the following files:
xmlsourcecolors.xml – For XML
jspsourcecolors.xml – For JSP
htmlsourcecolors.xml – For HTML

Open them in any text editor.

See if there is a line with the tag name like this:
<color name=”tagAttributeEquals”/>

All you have to do is add the foreground and the background like the rest of the tags have.

Restart Eclipse and there you go.

BTW, I am using MyEclipse 3.8.2.

[newmyeclipseuser]

Oh, BTW, I think what MyEclipse needs is a way to define the common Foreground color option. I can currently set the background color but not the foreground. And I have some VB Scripts embedded in my JSP page (don’t ask why) and they all disappear (black foreground with black background).

[Riyad Kalla]

Wow, great tip newmyeclipseuser… I wasn’t even aware of that field.

[Riyad Kalla]

newmyeclipseuser, Did you create these color files? I cannot find them in our base MyEclipse install.

Maybe you have the WTP editors installed along side MyEclipse?

[newmyeclipseuser]

No, those files are already there. They are under the eclipse workspace folder (.metadata\.plugins\com.ibm.sse.modelcom.ibm.sse.model). I don’t have the WTP installed. But one quick look at the MyEclipse plugins folder and I also found folder name such as “com.ibm.sse.editor.css_13.8.1” ans such.

[bretts]

I just thougt id check back here and whinge that its still not fixed in 3.8.3. Me and my retinas thank newmyeclipseuser

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