In VS 2015 I can change the background color of the tabs with productivity Power Tools installed, but how do I set the background color of the selected tab?
Tools->Options...->
I changed 'Selected tab' to 'VS Colors' and now I have a blue blackground color which is good to recognize.
You set the background color of the selected tab with my (commercial) Tabs Studio extension:
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I have loaded the extension Color Theme Editor for Visual Studio 2017 and want to change the color of the blinking text caret. Where can I find this setting or what is this called in the color theme editor?
Does anyone know how to change the diff lines colors on the left of the text editor?
In Visual Studio 2013 they used to be like this for the Dark theme:
But they changed the color in Visual Studio 2015 to a more khaki tone, and I don't like it:
I can't find them in the Visual Studio 2015 Color Theme Editor.
I don't know about the VS 2015 Color Theme Editor. In a standard VS 2015 installation the colors are as shown in your first picture. If you want to change the colors, open the Options dialog with Tools + Options. In the Options window navigate to Environment, Fonts and Colors. In "Show settings for" select "Text Editor". In "Diplay items" look for "Track Changes after saved" and "Track Changes before saved".
Does Visual Studio 2013 have a built-in way to set an overall theme with dark text on a light background?
It is the very first thing shown by selecting the Tools, Options menu item. Select the Light theme and you get dark text on a light background.
I recently changed the theme of Windows 7 to High Contrast Black and I have some problems with tooltips in Visual Studio, if I click on classes or variables I have a tooltip with foreground black and background black, so I can't read.
For information I use Productivity Power Tools and Resharper and Dev Express.
I know that in Environment>Fonts and Colors I can edit properties but I don't know which to choose.
Is it possible to change the background colour of the Visual Studio Windows Forms Designer?
Doesn't appear to be listed in either the Fonts and Colors, nor the Windows Forms Designer sections of Tools > Options
The designer's background color is hooked to the system's window background color, which you can change from the Control Panel.
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