eclipse-jdt / eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui
Javadoc code font not covered by Eclipse's "Colors and Fonts" preferences
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- Java
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Description
**Preferences - General - Appearance - Colors and Fonts**
You can select all kinds of different fonts for different areas, but for Javadoc pop-ups there is one font area that is not appearing in the Eclipse font settings list, so I believe this is an oversight by the developers who are responsible for the font selection:

In the Eclipse font settings there is no entry and no term for this, so I am calling it "Javadoc Code Font" and have highlighted it in red circles in the attached picture.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Eclipse through Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts, then open a Javadoc pop-up and identify the code text whose font is not represented in the settings list. Done means the Javadoc code font has a corresponding font preference and changing it updates the pop-up text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100