Eclipse Color Theme reverts to default every time I exit

Question

I am using the native "Dark" theme in Eclipse Luna and then using the Eclipse Color Theme plugin to pick some different editor themes. The issue is that every time I open up Eclipse it is using the defaults that come with the native Dark theme and I have to go and set my Color Theme for the editors every time.

Is there a way I can get it to remember my Color Theme settings?

Maxia

Sounds like your configuration area is not writeable. – Albin

It's a known issue more than a year old. And it appears again from time to time (for instance after Eclipse Mars was released). Here the related thread on the eclipse-color-theme project page on GitHub: github.com/eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme/issues/206 – Catlee

Answer 1

Open Preferences -> Oomph -> Preferences recorder -> Enable then set the theme once again, this time Oomph will record it

Group

Se-ri-ous-ly? Eclipse never ceases to amaze me in its ability to make simple things imcreadibly hard to achive. -_- – Pondicherry

In Eclipse 2020-12, it was Preferences -> Oomph -> Setup Tasks -> Preference Recorder – Ingroup

Answer 2

This solution work for me: try to change it to Classic and restart your computer. Then change it back to Dark Theme, now the color themes are remembered after restarting Eclipse.

Teamwork

I had the same issue and this solution worked for me though I do not understand why. – Diffidence

Answer 3

The following works in Eclipse Neon for me:

@djgeary @jdeyton Try enabling Oomph preferences recorder in Eclipse Mars settings (icon in settings window at bottom part of the screen, near help icon). After that set theme and that it. Next time you launch eclipse Oomph should restore correct theme settings.

Credit goes to dovydasvenckus for answer on github, here.

Freeman

Answer 4

To set up Dark theme as a "global" theme, and the theme you like from Eclipse Color Theme that you installed from Market Place, you can do the following. I used:

1. windows 10 (64 bit, but for 32 bit is probably the same)
2. eclipse oxygen

Steps:

1. Set the "global" theme to the dark theme: (Windows>Preferences>General>Appearance>Theme:Dark)
2. close eclipse. (You can change the Color Theme to let's say Recogn Eyes -which is my favorite-)
3. Re-open eclipse. (If you changed the Color theme you will have the default for the Dark theme, since you are reading this)
4. Open File explorer and look for C:\Users\[user]\eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings
5. Open org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.theme.
6. Copy text after =, and keep that in your clipboard , in my case it was org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.theme.e4_dark
7. (In eclipse) Set the schema to default, and close the application.
8. open eclipse and choose your favorite color theme.
9. Close eclipse.
10. Go to the file org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.theme again and paste what was in the clipboard (themeid=org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.theme.e4_dark, in my case) after the =.

Arborescent

Answer 5

Finally got mine to remember syntax coloring. All I had to do was make some changes, click export (export all), then re-import the .epf file. Not sure why this worked for me but hope someone finds it helpful.

Viper

Answer 6

I had the same issue (Eclipse Neon). What worked for me:

1. Download the EPF file of your theme from http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/
2. Open Eclipse and go to "File" > "Import" > "General" > "Preferences" [Next]
3. Select the EPF file in the "Browse" file-dialog [Open] [Finish]

More info: http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=how-to-use

Cahan

Answer 7

Nothing from here works for me. I even deleted the workspace and created new one. The only thing i kept was the git archive containing the eclipse project files and the java stuff. And still after a restart the first 30s it seems as if it works. Then suddently the colors in the editor changes AND the content of the org.eclipse.e4.ui.css.swt.theme file changes the theme to "...default:" with some numbers at the end.

I have no plugins installed, only the package downloaded from eclipse.org

Neritic