Eclipse console turned into black background after installing aptana plugin

Question

I have installed in my eclipse (3.7.1) that i use for Java(JDT) development, aptana plugin because i'm working on some web project sometimes, now my console view have black background also when i'm in Java perspective ...

Why ?

How can i restore the default withe background of the console when i'm in Java perspective ? How can i do ?

As you can see from the screenshot above the name of the console now is : "Aptana Scripting Console" , Why ?

The strange thing is that when i run the application in debug mode the console turn automatically with the default white background, and when i remove the debug instance the console turn black background again ...

Can i change the background color of a view for a specific perspective ?

Update

Switching to Eclipse theme from Preferences > Aptana Studio > Themes i had my Console view white again, but remain the fact that the console is named "Aptana Scripting Console", seems that aptana override the default eclipse console .

If i try to open the standard JDT Console, i can't because i don't have it in the list, the console appear only when i start debug my application :

Maybe could be a bug of the plugin, or an incompatibility of eclipse with the plugin ...

Cavil

Answer 1

You could change the theme from Preferences > Aptana Studio > Themes. The default is Aptana Studio, which has the black background, and you could switch to Eclipse.

You could also disable Enable Invasive Themes from the same preferences page to just turn off Aptana theming on Eclipse views.

Gosling

Ok, changing the theme, now the console background is white but remain the labe : "Aptana Scripting Console" – Cavil

You could switch to other console of your choice from the dropdown array on the upper-right corner of Console view. – Gosling

Answer 2

On the right side there shall be a monitor-like icon with a down-arrow. Check if you have the standard console in that drop-down list.

Stereoisomer

Unfortunately i don't have it, and if i try with "New Console View", create another console view ever with black background. – Cavil

Try to add -clean to shortcut when starting Eclipse, maybe some cached preference? – Stereoisomer

Answer 3

I don't know about Aptana, but CDT had a similar issue a while back caused by a race condition when accessing the preference store. Maybe Aptana has fallen in the same trap?

• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=270326
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=214215

The workaround for CDT was to manually reset the console background color, but since I don't have Aptana, I can't help you any further.

Stomachic