WindowBuilder Editor disabled when using Dark Juno

[Vilinkamen]

The latest stable WindowBuilder Editor under Windows 7 seems to be disabled when Dark Juno theme is activated. The "Source" and "Design" tabs disappear, even when a file is opened through the "Open With..." menu. I confirmed that Dark Juno is the problem by reverting to "Windows 7" theme and verifying that the tabs do work. Switching back to "Dark Juno" made the tabs disappear.

[dexter00]

We are waiting for patch :)

https://github.com/rogerdudler/eclipse-ui-themes/issues/11

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[infinitec]

I too have the same issue with design tab not showing up when using Dark Juno Theme. Is there a plan to update the theme to support Window Builder? At the very least, is there a few lines of code that I may add in the appropriate place for a fix?

I really enjoy using the theme, and am grateful for your efforts to put it together. I will await the fix for Window Builder.

[haku]

If this is the same as #11 as dexter00 suggested, then please retest with latest from master as commit 88236604a42c349db6cd2af1ca0f999917ea62d3 may have fixed it? Thanks.

[infinitec]

@haku I grabbed the latest master which fixed the issue with the tabs. However, on Ubuntu 12.04 in Eclipse 4.2, when I open the design view for Window Builder, I get the following: Maybe it's a GTK issue, as it looks fine in Win 7.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up.

[haku]

I had a go a reproducing that bug but it seems to work ok for me: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0iu6pvpceepcy4l/window-builder-dark-juno.png . Perhaps it is some form of window manager related issue? I am using Gnome 3 instead of Unity. What I did: I got the latest release of dark-juno and replaced the css file with that from master (i do not know the correct build process for this theme, but this seems to work ok).

cd <some tmp dir>
wget https://github.com/downloads/rogerdudler/eclipse-ui-themes/com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.zip
unzip com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.zip
mv plugins/com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.jar .
unzip com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.jar themes/css/juno.css
cp ~/development/eclipse-ui-themes/com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes/themes/css/juno.css themes/css/juno.css
zip com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.jar themes/css/juno.cs
cp com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.jar ~/opt/eclipse-juno/dropins

Result: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ht7nplugvrz9wtl/com.github.eclipsecolortheme.themes_1.0.0.201207121019.jar

As a side note, if you are having issues with CSS themes on GTK, there is another way. GTK is much more themeable than say OSX (where I use this theme). The cleanest way to get a dark Eclipse with GTK is to change the GTK theme. On Ubuntu / Gnome 3 I use my own theme that looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lymj45ol2rhvzfp/window-builder-gtk-greyShadow3.png . Source for my GTK theme is here: https://github.com/haku/greyShadow3 . To get Eclipse 4.x to use pure GTK theme, just delete all the CSS. Something like this (make backups first):

cd ~/opt/eclipse-juno/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.1.v201209141800/css
rm *.css

Hope this helps.

[infinitec]

@haku Installed Gnome Shell and had the same issue. After more research I found that there is a bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=368543 The issue seems to be with eclipse on Ubuntu and the use of Cairo in rendering the palette. The bug included some suggestions on the issue. I added the following lines to my eclipse.ini file, restarted Eclipse, and the palette is now rendering correctly.

-Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.cairoGraphics=false -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.useCairo=false

Thanks for your help with the theming. Also, your greyShadow3 theme is nice. I will try it out.

By the way, after using Gnome Shell for a bit, I may just stick with it to see how it grows on me. It seems to render elements more cleanly than when using Unity.

Thanks again.