How can I change line height / line spacing in eclipse.

Question

Hi,

I am using eclipse for java programming but lines in the editor look little closer. And I want to change the amount spacing/gap between lines. Is there any option in eclipse that I can use to achieve this effect ?

Answer 1

You could configure a formatter (Preferences | Java | Code Style) to inject extra empty lines. Otherwise, you might be able to find a font (Preferences | General | Appearance | Colors and Fonts) with a lot of built-in whitespace. On Windows, I like 'consolas'--it's not particularly whitespace-y but it is a nice mono-spaced, readable font.

Answer 2

On linux with gtk you can also play with a .gtkrc file. See here and here as examples.

Of course this doesn't help anything on windows :)