[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: setting project explorer font and question a

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raul Acevedo wrote:
> I'm using Eclipse 3.3.0 (Build I20070621-1340) on Linux.  How do I 
> change the font used inside the Project Explorer and Navigator views?  
> Ideally I could just change the global, system wide font Eclipse uses 
> but I don't see how to do that; I've had to change all the individual 
> font settings (General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts), but I don't 
> see how to change these particular views.

I'm pretty sure Eclipse uses system (window manager) fonts for those views.

> Also, it would be awesome to have Eclipse show tabs in multiple rows, 
> like Windows does in dialog boxes with many tabs, instead of showing 
> only a certain number and then having a ">>N" on the right telling you 
> there are N tabs it isn't showing.  Is this possible?  If not, how would 
> I log this as a feature request?

It has been discussed many times. Search Bugzilla for the requests and 
resulting discussions. Here is one to start with: 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=58945


Hope this helps,
	Eric