Eclipse: How to change the "Find/Replace" Search Highlight Colors?

Question

CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)

Eclipse Version: 2020-06 (4.16.0) Build id: 20200615-1200

When I use the dialog box invoked by Ctrl F ( command: Find and Replace ) I get the search results highlighted in a faint yellow.

This makes it very hard for me to see the result.

I dutifully went to Google and found that the highlighted search result color can be changed by going to:

Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations > Search Results

Interestingly, when I got there the highlight color was not yellow. It was a light blue.

Still, I changed the color to red,hit apply, apply and close, and restarted Eclipse.

No change.

Any ideas what I can to get that color to change?

Answer 1

You mean the Selection background color that can be changed in Window > Preferences: General > Editors > Text Editors: