I have downloaded the Visual Studio 2013 Color Theme Editor and a fonts/colors theme in the form of a .vssettings file (from here). I want to be able to edit the file in the Color Themes window/tab/thing, but, to do that, I need to first convert the .vssettings file to a .vstheme or .pkgdef file. Is there any way to do this (without manually inputting the colors)?
Open Tools > Customize Colors and make a copy of the theme you want to work with, then edit it to get the theme editor open.(Visual hints)
Next, go to Tools > Import and Export Settings to install the .vssettings file you downloaded (Details). Follow the prompts to optionally save your existing settings and apply the new ones.
Now, on the Theme editors toolbar there is a button with the letter A on it, press it. It will take all the settings that you just imported and put them in the theme you are editing.
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I would like to load the Zenburn theme in VS 2013.
I have installed the Visual Studio 2013 Color Theme Editor and it comes pre packaged with some default themes, however none of these include the Zenburn theme (which I have grown accustomed to in np++ & webstorm).
I have been able to find the zenburn theme here and it states that it is for vs 2012 & 2013 but the file format is ".vssettings" and is not recognized by the Color Theme Editor plugin.
Is there a way I can load the .vssettings theme into VS 2013 or even a valid Zenburn theme for the Color Theme Editor?
To install the theme from studiostyl.es just follow the instructions from the faq :
I can't open the .vssettings theme file I downloaded. What do I do
with it?
You need to import the settings into Visual Studio. This might look
like a lot of work, but it's pretty easy after you do it a couple of
times.
In Visual Studio, choose Tools > Import and Export Settings
Choose Import Selected Environment Settings and select whether you want to
back up your existing settings or not
Click Browse... to choose the file you downloaded.
You get a choice which settings you want to import - choose all of them since the file only contains color settings and won't touch your other VS settings.
Click Finish and you'll see the new colors.
Note: if you save the file to My Documents
Visual Studio 2010 > Settings, you'll have quick access to choose the settings file in step 3 above.
I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Sourcesafe 6.0.
When edit *.js(JavaScript) File Type, the default text editor is notepad.exe, but I want to use another text editor.
How to change *.js File Type default text editor?
By default, you can use notepad to view JavaScript source code. To change it, follow these steps:
Quit Internet Explorer (if it is running).
Double-click My Computer.
On the View menu, click Options (or Folder Options).
Click the File Types tab. In the Registered File Types box, find JavaScript, click it, and then click Edit. Then select your editor.
Note: If it is not works, you may need to type a space and %1 at the end of the command. For example, if you want to use Notepad to be your default HTML editor, type the following command: c:\windows\notepad.exe "%1"
OK, click Close, and then click Close again.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163606/en-us
Does it really work? I don't know. But try it, please.
this can be easily done via Tools->Options menu in Visual SourceSafe Explorer. How to: Change the Default Editor
I've created a new Toolbar in Visual Studio 2010 and added some custom buttons to it (mainly utilising the External commands).
I'd now like to share that toolbar with others, or be able to "save" it so that I could re-import at a later date.
I know that you can use the Import and Export Settings Wizard to back-up all your settings and re-import them elsewhere, but it does not allow you to Export a single toolbar instance.
Can anyone point me in the right direction of how I might be able to do this? I don't mind if it's just a settings file I have to save, a VS Extension I have to write, or an installer package I have to create - I'd just like to be able to share my toolbar!
I'm working in 2008, but in the Import Export Settings Wizard, limiting it to
General Settings > Menu and Command Bar Customizations
will narrow it down to just your toolbars.
The settings file is all just XML so you can look at stripping out your personal preferences and leaving just the elements of your custom toolbar.
Is there any way to change this? Either the background or the foreground color would help. Mine is pretty much unreadable at the moment.
With the Theme Editor extension installed, go to Theme > Customize Colors
Modify the values of CommandBarMenuBackgroundGradientBegin and CommandBarMenuBackgroundGradientEnd to change the background color.
The background color of the file icon can be changed with CommandBarMenuIconBackground.
For Default look and feel of Visual Studio you can go and reset your Environment Settings !
Tools > Import and Export Settings > Reset All Settings
But
You can use "Visual Studio Color Theme Editor" Extension. Click here
or You can go to http://www.studiostyl.es/ and download any theme you like then install on your machine.
by the way this is very nice post from Scott
Click here
Within VS2010 I'm using a dark/pastel color scheme. SP2010 Feature Designer has a Manifest tab with a Preview of Packaged Manifest read-only XML pane.
As you can see from the two screenshots, there is text in the pane, but it's basically invisible due to the background pane color.
Is there any way to change the font color, from that light gray to something else? I've tried changing several display items within Tools\Options\Environment\Fonts and Colors with no luck.
As a last resort, is there a way to change the pane background color? (although I guess it'll change that for the whole VS IDE)
Thanks all.
Feature manifest preview, unselected:
Feature manifest preview, selected:
In the end I've found a workaround for this ... for whoever (?) might care.
Download Visual Studio Color Theme Editor extension.
If you need help choosing some specific UI color, download any desktop color picker tool, i.e. Just Color Picker.
From a VS SharePoint project, open some Feature manifest or Package manifest preview so to apply and check the ongoing results.
From within VS, create a new custom theme based on Default. Sort the items by name and look for the couple ProjectDesignerBackgroundGradientBegin/End.
Change both to some darker color, like 475B7E.
This is how it looks like:
Being a Dark Theme sort of guy I've settled on using the Visual Studio 2012 Dark Theme for Visual Studio 2010 which provides a great new look for VS2010.
You'll also need to install the Visual Studio Color Theme Editor and then import the [VS2012-Dark-for-2010.vstheme] file using the Theme, Customize Colors..., Import Theme meu options.