Even the newest Eclipse Neon edition has still somewhat small icons on a 4k display. That is why I'm trying to make them bigger. I resorted to building the Eclipse IDE from scratch for that purpose.
Please read this StackOverflow question to see how I did that:
Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - how to choose CDT over JDT?
I wrote a Windows batch file that runs through all the folders and changes the size of every icon it can find. In my batch file, I presume that every .png
, .gif
, .bmp
, .jpg
and .ico
file with dimensions below 48x48 pixels is an icon. And I double the size.
I run that batch file just before starting the build.
I get mixed results. The figure below shows that some icons do get much bigger - but others don't. Take for example the debug icon
. It looks like its dimensions are still the old 16x16 pixels. Maybe my batch file was not complete, and it somehow skipped that one. So I check the eclipse sourcecode folders and find the debug icon
. It is 32x32 pixels! So my batch file was correct. Why doesn't the eclipse build use it correctly?
Any help would be much appreciated. If I succeed to make all icons larger, I promise to share the solution with everyone (and mention your contribution) :-)
I believe the small Eclipse icons are a real pain for all people with high dpi displays or those people who are not blessed with eagle eyes. Developing code should not be a privilege for those with sharp eyesight - it should be accessible to all.
PS: I've got some other questions related to the Eclipse "Build from scratch" topic. If you're interested:
- Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - how to choose CDT over JDT?
- Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - how to specify the target OS?
- Building Eclipse IDE from scratch - making bigger icons sometimes successful
Let us all unite to build the Eclipse IDE ourselves - and tweak it to our needs ;-)