Question

It’s possible to modify Fortify Eclipse color schema?

I have found some files at this path

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Fortify\workspace\

that looks like the one used by Eclipse to define the color of the code but can’t come with a way to successful modify them.

UPDATE: Fortify version is “Audit Workbench 3.50”. It uses Eclipse code editor to display code but it isn’t a Eclipse plug-in. I have discovered that they use the same files Eclipse does to customize look and feel but didn’t manage to modify them successfully.

Answer 1

If you press Ctrl+Shift+L twice (where Ctrl=Cmd for Mac), a preferences dialog appears that allows some changes to the Eclipse UI properties in the Audit Workbench perspective.

• For Java projects, go to Java -> Editor -> Syntax Coloring on
  the left and select how java keywords are highlighted selecting
  Element: Java -> Keywords excluding ‘return’
• There’s similar preference for C++ projects under C/C++ ->
  Editor -> Syntax Coloring.
• Some colors can be set on Java (or C/C++) -> Editor page itself (like
  matching brackets highlight color). Note, it uses the simplified
  java editor, so complicated things like static fields and some others
  will not work.
• To set current line highlight color, go to General ->
  Editors -> Text Editors and select ‘Current line highlight’ color.
• Go to General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts, to play with other
  elements’ look and feel.

Not all of the color preferences in that dialog will work because there are some hard-coded backgrounds in some of the widgets.

As always, Your Mileage May Vary!