Question

I have the same problem as that described in this post

I am using Eclipse 3.5.2 with CDT and have not installed this Color Theme Plugin. When I am editing C/C++ source files and placing the cursor over a defined method, the generated tooltip window shows a “black” background color so that I could not clearly see the text inside the tooltip window. I have tried to change settings in “C/C++/Editor/Syntax Coloring” preference but I have not found setting of background color for tooltip window.

The above post suggested that I may have to re-install the whole eclipse but this solution seems would cause many troubles to me. Does anyone know an easier solution for this apparently small problem.

Thanks for any suggestion.

Answer 1

Full re-installation of eclipse may not be needed. However, it’s worth cleaning up the workspace / project related settings. You can follow below steps:

1. Go to the workspace folder and remove .metadata
2. Go to the projects whichever you created under this workspace and
   remove, .cproject and .project
3. Now, start the eclipse from the scratch, you will see that all your
   color combination you set are gone … it’s ok
4. Install the color themes plugin; don’t be afraid of it, it’s really cool (it doesn’t cause such issues for
   me);
5. Download a proper color theme preference file .epf (here is
   mine)
6. Store this .epf file inside your workspace directory; so that you
   know that this color theme is for this workspace; though you can
   store this anywhere
7. Go to File -> Import -> General -> Preferences and select this
   .epf file and install.
8. You will get the desired black background and grey text and the
   auto-complete options would be unaffected

You can also think of installing the full screen plugin for eclipse, for better visibility.