HowTo change the PHP CodeSniffer marker icon¶

1. Choose a new icon, for example
2. Copy this image icon to <path to your Eclipse>/plugins/org.phpsrc.eclipse.pti.tools.codesniffer_X.X.X.RXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/icons
3. Open <path to your Eclipse>/plugins/org.phpsrc.eclipse.pti.tools.codesniffer_X.X.X.RXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/plugins.xml with a text editor
4. Add the following code to the end of plugin.xml file, but before the closing plugin tag
   

   <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.editors.annotationTypes">
      <type
         name="org.phpsrc.eclipse.pti.tools.codesniffer.validator.phpToolCodeSnifferAnnotation" 
         super="org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor.error" 
         markerType="org.phpsrc.eclipse.pti.tools.codesniffer.validator.phpToolCodeSnifferMarker" 
         markerSeverity="2">
      </type>
   </extension>
   
   <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.editors.markerAnnotationSpecification">
      <specification 
         annotationType="org.phpsrc.eclipse.pti.tools.codesniffer.validator.phpToolCodeSnifferAnnotation" 
         icon="icons/exc_catch.gif" 
         quickFixIcon="icons/exc_catch.gif" 
         textPreferenceKey="highlight.text" 
         colorPreferenceKey="highlight.color" 
         highlightPreferenceKey="highlight.background" 
         overviewRulerPreferenceKey="highlight.rulers.overview" 
         presentationLayer="4" 
         label="PHP_CodeSniffer Error" 
         textStylePreferenceKey="highlight.text.style"> 
      </specification>
   </extension>
   

5. Change the icon and quickFixIcon attributes to your icon filename
6. Save the plugin.xml file
7. Restart your Eclipse with the -clean start-up flag

For more information about annotation specification options see http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/extension-points/org_eclipse_ui_editors_markerAnnotationSpecification.html