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Config to make Eclipse Juno icons and tabs look small and nice in Linux
# Create a new file in your home directory called .gtkrc-eclipse
# call eclipse with this command:
# Gtk2 forced:
# export SWT_GTK3=0
# env GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/<YourTheme>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/<YourUser>/.gtkrc-eclipse '/path_to_eclipse/eclipse'
# In your Eclipse directory find the file 'e4_default_gtk.css'
# In this file there's a CSS class:
# .MPartStack {
# font-size: 11;
# swt-simple: false;
# swt-mru-visible: false;
# }
# And you have two possible solutions:
# 1. Change font-size to something smaller
# 2. Just comment out or remove font-size from this class (works well for me)
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11805784/very-large-tabs-in-eclipse-panes-on-ubuntu
# .gtkrc-eclipse
style "gtkcompact" {
GtkButton::default_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButton::default_outside_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButtonBox::child_min_width=0
GtkButtonBox::child_min_heigth=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_x=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_y=0
GtkMenu::vertical-padding=1
GtkMenuBar::internal_padding=0
GtkMenuItem::horizontal_padding=4
GtkToolbar::internal-padding=0
GtkToolbar::space-size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_spacing=0
GtkPaned::handle_size=4
GtkRange::trough_border=0
GtkRange::stepper_spacing=0
GtkScale::value_spacing=0
GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbar_spacing=0
GtkTreeView::vertical-separator=0
GtkTreeView::horizontal-separator=0
GtkTreeView::fixed-height-mode=TRUE
GtkWidget::focus_padding=0
}
class "GtkWidget" style "gtkcompact"
# Make tabs smaller
style "compact-toolbar" {
GtkToolbar::internal-padding = 0
xthickness = 1
ythickness = 1
}
style "compact-button" {
xthickness = 0
ythickness = 0
}
class "GtkToolbar" style "compact-toolbar"
widget_class "*<GtkToolbar>*<GtkButton>" style "compact-button"
@Hagbard1980
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Thanks a lot! (my setup: Eclipse 4.5.2 / Archlinux + Cinnamon). Is this bug already reported?

@rohitvvv
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Good work. Thanks a lot. Tested on Debian Jessie

@gaguileraglb
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Thanks!
You make my monkey developer day better.

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ghost commented May 21, 2016

Very nice! Worked on ubuntu 14.04

@shawnbrito
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Truly appreciated..
I'm using the Eclipse Neon 4.6 (Ubuntu 16.04) and that script made my day 👍

@radimch
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radimch commented Sep 30, 2016

Cool! Tried out on Eclipse Oxygen on Ubuntu Mate 16.10 beta2.
Thanks for the tip.

@bihe
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bihe commented Oct 4, 2016

THX!!!
Linux Mint 18/Cinnamon with Eclipse neon.1

compact

@inpos
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inpos commented Feb 7, 2017

THX!!!

@vpinna80
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It works even on Oxygen GTK+ 2!
Just ignore the MPartStack bits (There aren't on .css file for Oxygen).
Thank you very much!!!

@javabrett
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If you do wish to modify font-size under Eclipse Oxygen, this style has been refactored into e4_basestyle.css in this release.

@azisaka
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azisaka commented Nov 29, 2017

Actually, for Oxygen we just need to force GTK 2 on Ubuntu 17.10.

@boris-so
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boris-so commented Apr 3, 2018

Works for DBeaver (it is eclipse-based) on Debian Stretch
(css file can be found in /usr/share/dbeaver/plugins/org.eclipse.ui.themes_1.2.1.v20170809-1435/css/e4_default_gtk.css)

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