The bright white of the terminal window in Visual Studio 2022 is harsh on the eyes, but the window for "Package Manager Console" has a muted grey background which is easy on the eye.
I can't seem to find the color element for the terminal window in the "Environment\Fonts and Colors" section.
Does anyone know if a setting for that exists who could point it out to me?
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i am using Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.6.5;
The problem is that: when i go to
Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Code Style > General
if i want to change the "Severity" of a line, the edges of the box of the current Sevrity becomes red. (maybe some problems occurs)
Infact, after I press "ok" button to confirm, it resets all value that i have changed.
this image shows the setting that i changed: that drop down button was "Refactoring only", but I want "Suggestions".
there a link to a YouTube video that I was watching; the link shows what I want to do.
(link directly to the minute 19:00)
Thanks!
I use IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.2 with the Darkula color scheme but the contrast is too low for me, so I want to set the background color to pure black (#000000). While there are options to set the background of the console and the editor to black, this does not apply to the rest of the user interface. How can I change the background color of the whole theme (console, editor, menu, dialogs,...) to black?
From the menu bar, open the settings dialog:
File -> Settings (Preferences for Mac OS)
Change background of code editor:
In the list menu on the left, go to:
Editor -> Colors & Fonts -> General
Then, in the menu on the right, go to:
Text -> Default Text and select the Background checkbox.
Change background of console:
In the list menu on the left, go to:
Editor -> Console Colors
Then, in the menu on the right:
Select Background and Click the checkbox for Background
PS: you might need to "Save as" the default scheme before that, then choose the background color. As it mightn't allow you to modify stock schemes/themes.
It's also possible to do stuff by language etc, but it surely could've been made easier.
Works on version:
IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2.4
Build #IC-162.2032.8, built on September 9, 2016
JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-b343 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Check this list of the themes, some of them are pure black
https://github.com/sdvoynikov/color-themes
UPDATE: As of 2018.3, IDEA has its own high contrast theme. You can access in in
Settings → Appearance & Behavior
The example of the theme is here:
In this version, they added also better support for screen readers, you can lear more here.
An updated answer for the latest versions, follow the steps:
Preferences | Editor | Colors Scheme | General | Text | Default text | Background
In the Background set the color to hex value 00000.
I'm using the Light theme with custom Text Editor colors. In Visual Studio 2015, my Intellisense and the other lightbulb/hover/popups all have code colors to match the Text Editor settings.
That sounds nice, but the Light theme has a very light gray background, and I prefer a white foreground color for Plain Text in the editor. It ends up like this:
From my investigation so far...
In previous versions of Visual Studio, this colorized Intellisense feature came from a Productivity Power Tools add-in. It could be turned off. That's not installed. It's built into Visual Studio now, and I couldn't find a place to turn it off.
I really don't want to mess with the theme editor. I just want black text Intellisense, or to at least turn the white text to black in the popups. Others have said it doesn't work with Intellisense, but I'm not sure.
I have set Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors > Editor Tooltip > Plain Text foreground color to black. That's why the words under the code are black. But that doesn't affect the code reference itself.
I have this same issue, as I use a dark blue background with light text.
What I did was use this add-on:
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/6f4b51b6-5c6b-4a81-9cb5-f2daa560430b
Then copy the theme you are currently using, but do not switch to it yet (if you want to keep your current font / color settings).
I then exported my "Font and Color" settings, opened the generated file, and removed the "Theme" XML element completely.
You can then switch to the new copied theme and re-import your color settings from the file just created using "Import and Export Settings".
Then go to the theme editor add-on under Tools > Customize Colors. Edit your theme. Select the "Show All Elements" option and search for "tooltip" in the *.theme file. Update the Editor Tooltip -> Plain Text -> Foreground to be bright, and the Environment -> ToolTip to be dark.
It isn't a perfect solution, but it is usable until they fix it.
#karoberts answer is good although with the Visual Studio 2015 Color Theme Editor already installed I had to
Update the Editor Tooltip -> Plain Text -> Foreground to be bright, and the Environment -> ToolTip to be dark
apply the theme
restart Visual Studio (otherwise it wouldn't take the background)
But exporting/importing as in #karoberts answer was not necessary.
Try this
tools > options > fonts and colors > show settings for "Enviroment" > tooltip > item background
I Added the dark theme from visual studio to my SMSS 2012 but the Object explorer is still a bright white. Is there a way to change the color of this?
I think it's not optional but you can try go to following menu item:
tools
- options
- environment
- fonts and colors
I couldn't find it but maybe you will.
I use Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate, Resharper 8 and own color scheme from http://studiostyl.es/.
I would like change background color in peek definition window because now is yellow :(.
Maybe this cause own color scheme. I am not sure. It is possible change background color of peek window in Visual Studio?
Now look like this :(
The way I resolved this was through the following steps:
Navigate to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors
Make sure Text Editor is selected within the "Show settings for:" drop down
Within the "Display items:" list box find all Peek settings and adjust to your preferred styling.
Hope this helps.