After upgrading from Intellij 2022.2 to 2022.3 and trying to enable the "New UI":
then my solarized theme didn't seem to work as before. The "code window", terminal etc uses solarized, but other windows, such as the "project window", doesn't as you can see in this screenshot:
I've tried disabling the "New UI" again, but Solarized still won't be applied to all windows the way it previously used to. I've tried using both "Solarized Theme" (https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14920-solarized-theme) and "Solarized Themes 4lex4" (https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12784-solarized-themes).
Question: How do I get the solarized theme to work in all windows (preferably with the "New UI" if possible)?
The "Main Changes and Known Issues..." link says only to use the Light and Dark themes with the new UI to avoid issues like this.
The new Light and Dark color themes have improved contrast and a
consistent color palette.
Please use only these themes while working with the new UI. Other
themes might look misaligned and have unexpected colors.
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/articles/IDEA-A-156/Main-changes-and-known-issues
I found the answer just as I asked the question 🤦♂️ If anyone else have the same problem, you should go to
Settings > Appearance & Behavior > Appearance
and select the solarized theme. Then all windows will use solarized.
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I recently changed my Intellij Idea theme to use a custom theme, then have been tweaking it to fit my personal preferences.
I've fixed most of the deficiencies in usability/readablity but am still running into issues in the popup window that comes up when you click the update button:
What comes up is completely unreadable:
So the question is: Where is the setting for overriding the colors in this window? This is pretty much the last problem I have with my custom theme, and I've combed through the settings trying to determine how to change this to no avail.
Note: If this is the wrong stack exchange site to ask this question, let me know the correct one and I'll move it.
It is known issue: IDEA-227157 that has been fixed for 2020.2.X versions (release is planned in the end of July of 2020).
On my Windows desktop this is not a problem, but on Intellij for my Macbook, when I have the Solarized Light theme active and switch to Darcula UI (I want it dark), the entire color scheme changes to Darcula. I would like to keep it to where the UI is Darcula and the color scheme light or dark, not automatically changed upon changing the UI. I have looked at all the options and can't seem to figure this one out.
I do not have any pictures, and this is my first SO post, so I apologize if it is not asked correctly.
First change the IDE theme, then change the editor color scheme, you should see the following dialog:
Say No, and you will keep the original IDE theme after changing the editor scheme.
In case you don't see this dialog, close IntelliJ IDEA, find idea.config.path/options/options.xml file and remove the following line:
<property name="change.laf.on.editor.theme.change" value="true" />
More details can be found in this forum thread.
I want to change the look and feel of entire Webstorm editor. How can I add more themes in the Appearance section?
As of now it lists only 2 option, Default and Darcula.
The 'Theme' dropdown in your snapshot actually refers to Look & Feel in the Intellij/Webstorm parlance. This is also seen if you try doing a View -> Quick Switch Scheme :
Notice that the options in the above correspond to the 'Themes' dropdown in your snapshot.
I would imagine that creating a new Look&Feel would be a non-trivial task. This is somewhat substantiated by https://stackoverflow.com/a/27864988/325742:
Write a plug-in to add a new LAF. Keep in mind this is a lot of work.
It took the JetBrains team a year to develop the Darcula L&F and that
was with dedicated graphic artists to create a whole suite of icons
and recommend color combinations. Since the IntelliJ IDEA Community
Edition is open source, you could use that source code to develop your
plug-in. I'm pretty sure Darcula is available in the community
edition.
Therefore, you may not find a lot of stuff out there that change the whole Look and Feel of a Jetbrains product (like IntelliJ or WebStorm).
However, the best place to look for it would be in the plugins section.
Therefore:
First option: Theme Plugins
Note that, the complete appearance of Intellij changed when I installed this, however the plugins (I tried Material Theme UI) did not appear in the dropdown list.
Second Option : https://github.com/sdvoynikov/color-themes
This is just an editor color scheme and not a full fledged L&F plugin.
Download a color theme from there, then go to File -> Import Settings and choose the downloaded file after which you should see the following:
Finally, restart Webstorm:
I'm using a dark theme in IntelliJ 14, the problem is that I have difficulties in distinguish the active tab, because its header's background is not different than the other tabs I have opened (or it is, but very little). I looked all over the place for a method to change the color of the active tab header's background, no luck so far.
Please help?
Please note that this setting has worked for IntelliJ 14 back then, but is no longer applicable for newer versions
Find the comments below for plugins as a great alternative (Material Theme UI, Active IntelliJ Tab Highlighter)
Although, if you are still using IntelliJ 14:
Under File \ Settings \ Appearance & Behavior \ File Colors,
turn off "Use in Editor Tabs", as test tabs background are
dark-green by default, which is similar to the dark-grey non-selected
tabs.
After that, optionally you can set the colors under:
File \ Settings \ Editor \ Colors & Fonts \ File Status
and change the Foreground color of "Modified" status.
Now it will highlight the modified files (in version control).
To me, the solution turned out to be a plugin implementation:
https://github.com/tobszarny/ActiveTabHighlighterPlugin
Feel free to fork it for alteration, or use as is. Now with color customization and with IntelliJ platform IDE's support, such as PhpStorm or RubyMine.
Now also in the plugins repository, for auto update whenever new version is made.
If you are using the latest intellij you can make this customisation through the menu, see the screenshot for the breadcrumb. This is from version: 2020.1.1 Ultimate Edition
The Material Theme UI allows additional settings
like color and thickness of the line below the active tab (pink in the screenshot)
Whilst this solution does not change the colour between tabs, it does change all tab colours so that you can distinguish it from the background tab bar, which in my case was enough. It may still help others.
I used File Colors. The image below shows what I did. Set scope to All and choose the Custom colour (white):
I am using Darcula theme with a background image (simple plain black image). I tried the excellent plugin suggested by Tomasz O. https://stackoverflow.com/users/2479048/tomasz-o, but it did not work. Later on, I realized that when I decreased the opacity of background image, I was actually able to distinguish the color change made by the plugin. I wonder why Android Studio does not provide a convenient setting for changing active tab header color. I'm on AS 3.4.2 already!
Intellij 2019.1 has options for customization.
Besides, it has new themes for different shades of color you can choose from.
Darcula and I are struggling to come to terms. Legibility is poor overall but some things I just have to change:
In this code completion suggestion menu, the selected item is not legible.
Where in the preferences or preferences XML file is the background color of the selected item text set?
You can find the option to change the color of the code auto completion window from the following place.
Open your settings > Editor > Color Scheme > General > Popups and Hints > Completion.
Note: you may also search for the keyword completion in the settings page to find the option fast.
Then adjust the background color and click apply.
You can check the screenshot for a visual reference.
I fixed this 3 days ago. http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-103104
Now it looks like this
idea completion http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6516/ss20130319202811.png
I solved this probleme by downloading a new INTELLIJ THEME named Gradianto and it works nice,
Gradianto allows you to chose beetween 3 darcula theme once it's installed in your intellij, and all of this theme will highlight the selected item clearly with code completion.
Yous install the theme with :
IntellijIDEA --> Preferences --> Plugins --> And you search and install Gradianto theme
Here is the youtube tutoriel where i see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZZm5f5JD0
Hope that will help
Thanks
I got a nice answer to your question.
This is link : java - Changing the font colour in IDEA code-completion window - Stack Overflow
You just need unable this option :
[
Settings —— Editor —— Code Completion
—— Insert selected variant by typing dot , space ,etc .
]
No doubt of it , it works very well for me !