I'm using Visual Studio 2015 along with the Theme Color Editor. I have chosen the dard solarized color for the environment. When working with the XAML Designer, when I select a control, the Properties Window displays a solid white color in the bottom half, which is really annoying considering that everything is dark.
Is there a way I can change this color? I tried to search colors in the theme editor plugin, but I couldn't find any setting corresponding to that...
Thank you
So, getting a clue from the link Sam Khan provided, I figured it out. You have to change Cider -> ListBackground color in the theme editor plugin (You can choose the eyedropper to choose a color from the GUI)
As Farzad said, Cider → ListBackground is important as it affects the items, but Environment → ToolWindowBackground is also used by the Properties window, which is the color behind all properties.
Note: This window can't handle transparency on its background, unlike others (for those using MoeIDE or ClaudiaIDE).
I like the Oblivion theme from Eclipse.
Is there a similar theme for Xcode?
You do have the option of some themes in the preferences inside Xcode.
There are default ones and you can create your own. The colors and fonts are completely customizable and you can use the black background. You can then save and name it somehow.
I don't think that you're able to import some though...
just go in Xcode --> Preferences --> Fonts & Colors and select the Dusk theme. It's very similar but you can also modify its colors as you wish.
Or you can visit the collection of custom themes by hdoria and choose one! Instructions are at the bottom page ;)
I generally only use dark themes for coding, so it's really annoying that Sublime Text 3's sidebar stays light themed whatever theme you apply.
Does anyone know how to change this?
My configuration: Mac OSX 10.10.1 Yosemite, Sublime Text 3 Stable Channel, Build 3065
You are looking for a Sublime UI Theme, which modifies Sublime's User Interface (e.g.: side bar). It's different from a Color Theme/Scheme, which modifies only the code part of Sublime's window. I tested a lot of UI Themes and the one I liked the most was Theme - Soda. You can install it using Sublime's Package Control. To enable it, go to Preferences >> Settings - User and add this line:
"theme": "Soda Dark 3.sublime-theme",
Here is a printscreen of my Sublime Text 3 with Soda Dark UI Theme and Twilight default Color Scheme:
The most recent version of Sublime has fixed this issue, click on Preferences, click on Theme select Adaptive.sublime-theme. This will change the sidebar to a dark colored background.
You can manually change the sidebar style by editing Default.sublime-theme.
To do this, edit the “sidebar_tree”, “sidebar_heading” etc., classes in Packages/Theme - Default/Default.sublime-theme. You can override those defaults by putting this Default.sublime-theme inside the Packages/User folder.
From the Sublime Text menu, selecting “Preferences → Browse Packages…” will take you to it.
You need to restart Sublime completely in order for a theme to fully take effect. Just changing and saving Preferences.sublime-settings or using a theme-changing plugin won't do it. You need to use ⌘Q or Sublime Text -> Quit, not just close the window by clicking the red dot.
I thought I would put a note here that explains a basic misconception for a lot of people who are using these Text Editors... Sublime Text in particular (or at least that's the one I use, so I don't know how it works for other editors):
There are "Themes" and there are "Color Schemes". They are similar but affect different things. "Themes" actively change the entire UI, and can include a Color Scheme if you set it up that way. This typically includes the sidebar, and can also include options for the file tabs, and some even include icons for the sidebar as well. And then we have "Color Schemes" which only change the coding windows and nothing else... not the Sidebar, nor the File tabs, etc.
The confusion happens because some people call Color Schemes "Themes" which makes folks think that their "Theme" is going to change everything.... when technically, it's just a color scheme.
And an additional note: Themes don't automatically install for all users. When I install a Theme, I have to open my User preferences (under "preferences > Settings - User"), and then you have to add the line which says something like:
"theme": "Theme-Name.sublime-theme"
(where "Theme-Name" is the name of your theme).
This is different than just activating a color scheme. If you've chosen a color scheme via the dropdown menus in Sublime Text, you will see a line in there like this:
"color_scheme": "Packages/Color-Scheme-Name.tmTheme"
(where "Color-Scheme-Name" is the name of your color scheme).
Here's the short version:
.sublime-theme files change the look of the UI including the Sidebar and File Tabs.
Defining these are a tremendous pain, so save yourself a lot of time and install the Theme Menu Switcher package.
Update: Sublime Text 3 has fundamentally changed the way Color Schemes and Themes work, and has broken many of the packages that were built to handle them. I can no longer confirm the accuracy of this post, nor the functionality of the packages mentioned herein because the Sublime developers have not fully explained the changes to the customization system nor addressed how to fix them. And, at the very best, they are far more difficult to change.
At this point, this post should only be used as a reference to the differences between "themes" and "color schemes" in Sublime Text 2, as I myself have yet to successfully change a theme nor color scheme in Sublime Text 3.
I will update this post as I can dedicate more time to unraveling this Sublime Customization Quagmire.
Here's the long version:
Figure 1: The difference between "Color Schemes" and "Themes" - In the Sublime Community these terms are often confused and used interchangeably.
Changing the look of Sublime is a relatively difficult endeavor, for three main reasons:
Poorly chosen terminology
Misinformation in the Sublime Community
Installation Nightmare
Terminology
There are 2 different sections of Sublime that can be customized:
the editable region (the purple regions)
the User Interface (the green regions)
These use two different file types, and they do not accurately reflect the terminology.
The "Why?" of this decision is compatibility, and for brevity's sake I won't get into it here, but the fallout of this effort is:
The file type called tmTheme does not affect the theme, it affects the Color Scheme.
Color Schemes (highlighted in purple)
affect the look of the editable region (more specifically, the editable characters, ie what color they are when highlighted or not highlighted, etc).
relatively easy to produce
Color Schemes are Mistakenly called "Themes" all over the Sublime Community.
Themes (highlighted in green)
.sublime-theme files change the Theme, or the UI aspects of Sublime.
difficult to produce
It is difficult to find true Sublime Themes, compared to "Color Schemes"
Misinformation
Many packages claim to change the Theme, but actually change the Color Scheme. This is usually because the people producing them don't know that "Theme" specifically refers to the UI.
So another level of difficulty is finding a true "Theme" package, rather than Color Scheme.
Even some legit websites do not correctly make a distinction between the two, which adds to the challenges. For instance, colorsublime.com has a tutorial on changing the sublime "theme", but actually references the "Color Scheme" file type (.tmTheme).
Installation Pains
Themes and Color Schemes are hard to install and define. In fact, it's shocking how difficult the process is. The difficulty is further exacerbated with a fundamental change in installation and definition requirements in Sublime Text 3 that are not fully explained, which breaks many of the packages we once were reliant upon to change the Themes and Color Schemes.
It requires installing an actual Theme package (good luck finding one by browsing Packages in Package Control), defining it in settings, and then restarting Sublime. And, if you did something wrong, Sublime will simply replace your user-defined theme setting with the default. Yes, you heard me right, without notice or error message, Sublime will overwrite your theme definition.
But with Themes Menu Switcher All you need to do is go to Preferences > Theme and you'll see a list of all themes you have installed. You can also easily switch between themes without restarting Sublime.
Here's a sample from the website:
I have no affiliation with Theme Menu Switcher at all, I'm just a fan.
Again, Theme Menu Switcher does not work the same in Sublime Text 3. If you need to have a customized look, I recommend not to update to Sublime Text 3.
I first thought I was using SBT 3, then realized I was using version 2 still....
I finally got the sidebar to be dark on Windows!
I noticed that when I had my user settings theme set to "Soda Dark 3.sublime-theme" it would half-way work but you could not see the folder structure. So I decided to try the other option in the Theme - Soda folder without the "3" and it worked right away. This should work below in your Preferences > Settings - User file.
{
"theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme",
"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Monokai.tmTheme"
}
To Sidebar ceased to be white:
Download default theme because it is not in the folder sublime link here by default.sublime-Theme
In sublime 3 preferences -- > > Browse package
create a folder called "default theme" and put the downloaded file
if you installed the theme setUI, setUI file.sublime-the theme is looking for the line with comment:
"// sidebar || BG of selected files"
and under it a string
"layer0. opacity: { "target": 0.0, "speed": 50.0, "interpolation": "smoothstep" }
replaceable target": 0.0 --> target": 1.0
setting color_scheme only sets the code pallet,
setting theme sets the whole ST3 theme to the one you specify:
{
"theme": "Nil.sublime-theme",
"color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Nil/Big Duo.tmTheme"
...
}
One simple way to do this is :
Go to Preferences -> Package Settings -> Your Theme Name -> Activation
In my case I installed Boxy Theme so the path will be
Preferences -> Package Settings -> Boxy Theme -> Activation
Then there will be a pop-up menu that will let you choose which type of the theme package you want to activate.
Use up and down arrow so choose then press enter or simply click the one you want to choose.
This is steps only applicable if the theme installed also customized the sublime text 3 sidebar.
Hope it help anyone!
The best way to enhance your experience and change the sidebar and theme of the sublime text UI is to install two packages to control it:
Install a theme that has UI inside its package (I use Agila Theme [dracula] )
Install Themes Menu Switcher package
After you've installed those two, just change the color scheme (text editor)
and then with the Theme Menu Switcher you'll switch to whatever UI you use.
Remember:
It's required that the theme you install to have UI inside the package.
Just install package SyncedSidebarBg:it will change the sidebar theme based on current color scheme.But it seems that every time you change the color scheme,sidebar will be changed after you open file Preferences.sublime-settings
In Material theme 3.1.4 you can change theme like this: Tools->Metherial Theme->Material Theme Config. Its very easy.
I had the same problem.
Just set the theme in Preferences -> Settings – User by editing the json property called.
{
// Default theme
"theme": "Material-Theme.sublime-theme",
"color_scheme": "Packages/Material Theme/schemes/Material-Theme.tmTheme"
}
For Material theme that I use.
It worked for me.
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Change background color of Solution Explorer in Visual Studio
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I really don't like the "Light" theme of VS 2012. I've managed to change a few things to make it better but one thing is still annoying me - the fact that the solution explorer background is a light grey colour. Is there a way to change this back to white? I can't see an entry for Solution Explorer in Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors, so how can I change this? Is it stored in a theme file somewhere?
(Please note I'm not looking to do this programmatically, so this is not a dupe of the existing similar-sounding questions)
I've found that easiest solution is to use this Microsoft-developed Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor and just select the Blue theme to effectively get the VS 2010 colours back:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05
Saves digging around for hours in long lists of UI elements. You just select another preset theme and you're done :)
EDIT : Here are steps using the VS2012 Color Theme Editor:
Tools --> Customize Colors
New Theme --> create a new theme from one of the ready made themes, hit Create
Hover over your new Custom Theme, hit Edit Theme
Magical Step: Directly under the theme tab, click the 5th button "Show All Elements", here you can find what you're looking for
TreeView --> Background, this changes the color of the Solution Explorer
Environment --> ToolWindowBackground, color for background of Team Explorer (my pet peeve, since the contrast on this UI usually needs tweaking between controls and window)
UPDATE
Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 now includes the old "Blue" theme by default, so if you update to this version you can easily select the old blue theme without jumping throught he hoops above, if that's all you wanted to achieve.
Program Manager Cathy Sullivan is wrong
Use this Utility
http://bchavez.bitarmory.com/archive/2012/08/27/modify-visual-studio-2012-dark-and-light-themes.aspx
Use Category TreeView
Unfortunately at this time you cannot change the background color of Solution Explorer beyond what the Light and Dark themes offer.
Thanks,
Cathy Sullivan
Program Manager, Visual Studio
UPDATE: There is now a theme editor which should give you the exact control you are looking for (which I've noticed is what #Nick G has suggested, so +1 to him, will leave this to acknowledge that.
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05
(further details in hanselman blog)
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Preface: I know you specifically said white but after a little adjustment I find the dark really quite good, especially if you have a dark theme. I've switched my previous dark theme (wekeroad) for the rather brashly named but subtle looking Super awesome fun time one.
Tools | Options | General | then change Color theme to Dark.
You can see solution explorer in background above. I would imagine these options might expand or extend in the future.
I am trying to figure out what the element name for the tooltip is in Visual Studio 2010 so that I can change the style using the extension found here. Anyone know what that is? I am using the default theme which seems to have a white to light grey gradient on it. This is less than optimal since the text for the functions are also white.
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In a more general question (and perhaps better), is there anything that maps the names as they are found in the theme to where they are in the IDE.
After switching through some settings, I now believe it is not the IDE theme and is instead in the settings, but can't find which field it is.
Adianbanks is correct go to Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors. The field you posted looks like Signature Help Tooltip Background. It has been overlooked on several of the dark background themes that I have tried. Also, make sure to change the Item Background color.
If you go to Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors, you need to change the combo box at the top to Editor Tooltip to change this style. In my Visual Studio though, I can only change the font, not the colours,