Eclipse 3.4 Plug-in Migration FAQ

  1. Why are my annotations in the editor's overview Ruler no longer discolored?

Why are my annotations in the editor's overview ruler no longer discolored?

As of 3.4, temporary annotations are no longer discolored in the editor's overview ruler. There were many complaints that the color was computed by discoloring the color set on the General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations preference page. Clients that nevertheless want to stick to the old behavior can use org.eclipse.jface.text.source.OverviewRuler.OverviewRuler(IAnnotationAccess, int, ISharedTextColors, boolean) to create the overview ruler.