Is there any way to make font smoothing more MacOS like in Visual Studio 2010? I used to do that with GDI++ in VS 2008, but obviously that won't work in new Visual Studio. Is it possible to tweak WPF font-smoothing manually?
If anyone doesn't know about GDI++ you can get it here. It is highly configurable, but the basic settings make fonts look like they do on MacOS, which is much better when you have white text on dark background.
Here's a link on some options to try:
Turning off ClearType, Adjust font smoothing on OS level, change the environment font in VS. Consolas font was an option they recommended in beta.
Here's a blog post on improving WPF font clarity.
There's a Visual Studio extension called Text Sharp that lets you change the font smoothing settings.
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I appreciate that the Visual Studio team is continually trying to improve the VS environment for developers. However, I find the fonts and colors used in the VS 2022 editor to be too loud and mentally taxing. I'd very much like to change the VS 2022 text editor fonts and colors to match what I'm use to in VS 2019.
Unfortunately it's not a simple as going into Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors and changing the font from Cascadia Code back to Consolas. Sure one can do that, and that's a step forward but the font coloring is then to light. This is apparently because the font colors in general were lightened in VS 2022 to partially compensate for the fact that Cascadia Code is a very heavy font. This of course makes sense, IF you want to keep Cascadia Code as the editor font. But I don't. I want to switch back to Consolas, and I'd like the font coloring that VS 2019 used as well.
So anybody know an easy way to get the VS 2022 editor to use the text color coding that VS 2019 uses?
If you were using the dark theme in VS 2019, you can install this port: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.DarkTheme2019, works great for me. Unfortunately it doesn't look like anyone ported the light theme.
I was able to figure it out in my VS 2022 environment. Font now looks identical to my VS 2019 IDE.
VS 2022 > Tools > Options > Environment > Font and Colors > Change font to "Consolas" size 10.
In Visual Studio 2017, is it possible to change the UI font size for the IDE Error List tool window only, i.e., without affecting any other settings?
Having said this, I can't even find any setting in Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors that affects the Error List at all, even after restarting Visual Studio as suggested.
It is done by changing the Environment Font. It changes the menu font too.
Tools->Options->Fonts and Colors->Environment
I have the same issue and couldn't resolve in Visual Studio (the font size updates in other areas of VS, but the error list stays the same).
I only needed a bigger font for a presentation so used the magnifier tool in Windows. Not something you want to use all the time, but great for a short-term need
Unfortunately, Visual Studio (2022 and most likely older) does not allow to change the font of the error list independently from the rest of the environment.
Somebody asked for the default font of the environment. The default font is "Segoe UI" with font size 9.
I love dark themes in my development environments but can't find a way to make the resources editor (particularly strings) of Visual Studio dark too. My VS version is 2015 Professional.
Here's how I see it:
while the rest of the UI looks like this:
There is an extension for the Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise that changes the theme color of every element of the IDE. Just search themes and you get a lot of extensions and 90% of them work, you can even set up some transparent background for your coding environment and even add some music(mostly trance) that changes and helps you concentrate while coding.
If you inspect the resx editor using inspect.exe tool, you can see its a Winforms data grid view. It does not honor WPF styles. According to my understanding VS is built using WPF changes the themes via WPF style feature.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview(v=vs.110).aspx
Visual Studio Color Theme Editor is an excellent extension for Visual Studio 2010 that can be used to try and apply different themes on the IDE. The theme only changes the chrome or the windowing area of the IDE.
To change the display of code one still has to play around with the settings in the Fonts and Colors dialog or import settings from a .vssettings file. (A variety of styles are available at StudioStyles).
All editors now allow the programmer to try or switch between different styles on the code with a click (like the gorgeous Sublime Text). Is there a Visual Studio extension or external tool that makes it easy to apply and play around with different styles? If not, is there some trick to try or switch between different styles with ease? I find that going through the Import Settings dialog is quite onerous.
Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor extension now allows (from v2.3) to change Font colors using styles (include your own styles). Exactly what do you need.
Version history
2.3 Added support for merging Fonts & Colors customizations with a theme
Update to Visual Studio 2012 and you be able to use either Light or Dark theme. What's is really cool.
Other good suggestion is to check http://studiostyl.es/ - This website provide many variations of color and fonts to use with your Visual Studio (but by now that compatibility is just with vs2005, vs2008 and vs2010)
I have recently moved to a dark color theme for all my code editors. It is much easier on the eyes. But I recently came across an issue that I can’t figure out how to correct and was hoping that someone will have an answer.
When the method info box pops up this is what it looks like this:
Notice the method info is unreadable because the colors in the theme are meant for a dark background. How can I change the background of this popup?
The theme is a modified version of Coding Instinct available on StudioStyles. Here is my modified version. It sets the background for the linenumbers/marker margin plus some other minor tweaks.
It's Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools extension causing the issue. Someone on the Q&A discussion thread for Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools said:
it seems that the Fonts and Colors selection for "Signature Help Tooltip Background" is the Text Editor color definition that effects this.