Syntax color in Eclipse with the ABAP Development Tools Plugin

[Vlad_Ghitulescu]

Hello!

I'm just doing a openSAP-course ("Writing Testable Code for ABAP") and was wondering about the colorful syntax

My Eclipse looks rather plain boring by comparison:

Where do you set this in Eclipse?

Thanks!

Regards,
Vlad

[pokrakam · Accepted solution]

It’s in the language specific syntax colouring options, not sure it it was under general or project specific settings (no system in front of me). Window > settings

Or

Project > settings

There are threee places in eclipse to configure look and feel, which is why I gave up on customising mine beyond the defaults, but I do usually switch these on.

[Vlad_Ghitulescu · Accepted solution]

Hi, Mike!

🙂 I've just switched off the PC - I'll check this first thing tomorrow and report the findings 🙂

Thanks!

[Vlad_Ghitulescu · Accepted solution]

I've found it in:

Windows - Preferences - ABAP Development - Editors - Source Code Editor - ABAP Keyword Colors

However it's by far not complete, so the ADD button will be in use for a while… 🙂

Thanks again, Mike!

[luis_sismeiro]

Hi,

Please check Preferences->ABAP Development->Editors->ABAP Keyword Colors

[Vlad_Ghitulescu]

Thanks, Luis - I've found it too this morning (see also my comment to Mike's first hint in the right direction) and had a lot of fun with it already 🙂

[binhlht]

You might need some skins or themes, install from Eclipse market. They contain quite a lot color scheme for code. I personally recommend you to try the DarkTheme, much easier for the eyes.

Or you can customize yourself in the Preferences of Eclipse. Sorry I don't remember the exact location but Eclipse has a good search option

[Vlad_Ghitulescu]

Thanks Binh Thai!

See my answer to Mike's answer above.

[Claire_Devereux]

Hi Vlad,

Did you ask in the course discussion forum? The content experts are there and could most likely answer the question.

Hope that helps!

Kind regards,

Claire

[Vlad_Ghitulescu]

Hi, Claire!

Sure I did!

I dared to double the question here only to get the answer quicker. 🙂

Regards,
Vlad