How to change the highlight variable color in NetBeans IDE?

Question

I am talking about this background color underneath droparea variable, see screenshot:

My color scheme would be perfect if I get just that resolved.

Passivism

Answer 1

The Category you are looking for is Mark Occurrences, but it is language specific so you won't find it under All Languages. You will see it when you change the Language to Java for instance. Then you have to change the Background field on the right hand side.

Woad

thanks for your answer, the original highlight color is really really annoying when using dark themes. – Selfmade

Just a note for Groovy: Netbeans 7.3 does not allow to change that, however, Netbeans 7.4b allows it. – Catoptrics

I want to point out that when I changed the color and pressed apply nothing happened. The current color didn't changed. But when I selected a new entity then the new color applied. – Plover

nb 8.0.2 and the color change didnt appear, sad sad – Formality

Just had to deal with that problem in netbeans 8.1. The category 'Mark Occurrences' is no longer language specific! I found it under 'All languages'. – Rachal

Can't thank you enough. I was searching for weeks where to change this super annoying yellowish highlight on my dark theme. – Injection

I just had to do this with NetBeans 11, it was under Tools -> Options -> Fonts & Colors, then Syntax and All Languages and finally in the list box Mark Occurrences. – Shawnshawna

For 8.0.2 is letting me change the font color but the background color stays yellowish and doesn't save my custom color. – Toga

Answer 2

For anyone still bothered with this, in NetBeans 8.0 you will find it under specific JAVA language in Tools-Options-Fonts&Colors-Syntax-Mark Occurences.

Else... very annoying and stressful for a dark theme, indeed.

Karlakarlan

Mark Occurences has been appeared after exposing to all languges in dropdown in syntax for PHP – Tager