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Bug 350953 - Console unreadable with dark theme
Summary: Console unreadable with dark theme
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: z_Archived
Classification: Eclipse Foundation
Component: m2e (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-07-01 12:48 EDT by frank.asseg CLA
Modified: 2021-04-19 13:26 EDT (History)
4 users (show)

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2011-07-01 12:53 EDT, frank.asseg CLA 		no flags Details
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Description frank.asseg CLA 2011-07-01 12:48:28 EDT 
Build Identifier:  I20110613-1736

When using a dark theme the console output of m2e becomes unreadable since dark blue on a dark background is too less contrast

I'm currently using "Dark looks" from gnome themes which renders the console background in dark grey.

Suggested Fix: Add options for changing m2e console ouput colors. (see Eclipse -> Preferences-> Run/Debug -> Console)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.switch to a dark theme (with dark console background)
2.check m2e console output
Comment 1 frank.asseg CLA 2011-07-01 12:53:54 EDT 
Created attachment 198979 [details]
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screenshot of my eclipse installation with a dark background in the console
Comment 2 Igor Fedorenko CLA 2013-09-28 23:48:54 EDT 
closing old/stale bugreports
Comment 3 Rade Martinović CLA 2017-07-11 04:47:25 EDT 
This bug is still valid.

I vote for reopen. If you are open to PR, I could try providing a fix for this.
Comment 4 Lars Vogel CLA 2018-06-05 03:23:23 EDT 
Colors are currently hard-coded.

https://github.com/eclipse/m2e-core/blob/11922879173b8516103e935c574be289bc1cbe9c/org.eclipse.m2e.core.ui/src/org/eclipse/m2e/core/ui/internal/console/MavenConsoleImpl.java#L101-L105

If you use preferences you can style them via CSS. 

Preferences for colors and fonts: http://blog.eclipse-tips.com/2008/08/adding-color-and-font-preferences.html or you can use simple references.

Afterward, you can extend the dark theme styling with values for these preferences.
Comment 5 Eclipse Genie CLA 2019-01-19 03:28:39 EST 
GitHub Pull Request 19 created by [bitstrings]
https://github.com/eclipse/m2e-core/pull/19
Comment 6 Eclipse Genie CLA 2019-01-19 14:47:48 EST 
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/135383
Comment 9 Denis Roy CLA 2021-04-19 13:26:44 EDT 
Moved to https://github.com/eclipse-m2e/m2e-core/issues/