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IMHO it is currently hard for the user to understand that the colors for the text editor are set in the Text Editors tab. I suggest to move them to the Colors and Fonts preference page for consistency.
Mickael/ Matthias WDYT?
so this would be all the colors in "Appearance color options" I see that for some colors there is an additional "System Default" check box. How can this be translated to the "Colors & Fonts" page? When we do this. We have to consider users that have a workspace where they did configure their own colors in the "Text Editors" page. Is there a possibility to migrate the settings from one pref store to another"?
That would be a good change for usability. However, I'm not sure that the colors in Text Editors preference use the same "backend" than the ones in Colors and Fonts preferences. If not, it'd be harder to implement the proposed change. Also, let's not get rid of the settings in the Text Editors page immediately. If we're to implement this, I think it's better to first make them available in the Colors and Fonts page (and duplicated), and then consider replacing the legacy UI with a link to the Colors and Fonts page.
The appearance set of colors is also settable for other editors, like the Java Editor. What would be the recommendation for them?
(In reply to Nitin Dahyabhai from comment #4) > The appearance set of colors is also settable for other editors, like the > Java Editor. What would be the recommendation for them? It depends on the complexity of the page; but if it's nothing else than a list of a descriptions/colorr pairs, then the Colors and Fonts page is a better fit IMO. However, if there are some complex preview or conditions, then the Colors and Fonts page is too limited and sticking to a specific page would be better.