Tabs in eclipse becoming invisible

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When using Eclipse (Kepler, on Windows 7 64 bit) from time to time some of the open tabs... disappear. The tab bar is still there, but some tabs just go blank. When I mouse over them tho, they come back and become fully visible.

So this is not a functional problem, just an aesthetic one, but it's really disturbing not to be able to see what tabs are open. Does anyone know how to stop this behavior?

It happens often, but is not prompted by anyhing I do, so I cannot recreate it at will. To further clarify what it looks like, I put together this image in Paint.net:

image that shows clearly what my problem is

Thank you in advance.

//LJ

Edit:

I found out what's prompting this behavior. When I build and run the project, the console pops up, then after closing the window, the console automatically hides again, but the tabs it was covering are blank. However, as stated earlier, they do come back if I hover over them. However, I still do not know how to fix this. Here is a gif composed of screenshots showing this behavior in-action:

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5 Answers

I've successfully fixed that on a UHD monitor by selecting the Classic Theme under Preferences -> General -> Appearance. It is still (not) working as described in the question with the Light Theme.

Using Spring Tool Suite, Version: 3.9.4.RELEASE (Eclipse Oxygen.3a (4.7.3a))

I had the same issue with my Eclipse Jee 2018-09 on Windows 10. To fix this issue try the following steps: right click on eclipse icon -> Compatibility -> Change High DPI settings Make sure the settings are all unselected as shown in the below screenshot.

Restart eclipse.

I had the same issue when I have switched back from an installed custom dark theme on Eclipse Mars.2 Release (4.5.2), So here is how I have fixed it:

go to Window->Preferences->Appearance then change theme to different them than classic (Dark in my case) then select the classic again.

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