I am evaluating AppCode and I just ran into something that is not a big deal but kind of irking me.
When I started the program, it asked me to choose a theme. I chose Darcula because it usually is a solid choice.
Another choice was XCode. This was tempting because of familiarity - I was actually worried that Darcula would feel "wrong" but instead of going with my gut I just went with Darcula.
Now, I don't like Darcula. At all. When it comes to swift development that is, on this IDE, for some stupid reason.
But I cannot change back to XCode! It's not an option - the only options seem to be "Default" and "Darcula" - and Default doesn't quite feel like XCode theme looked like.
Is XCode theme gone forever?
No, see, theme chooser in AppCode is different than in other JetBrains products - it allows you to select the theme for all IDE components, editor and keycap behaviour at the same time. So, in short, choices are:
Darcula = Darcula UI theme + Darcula editor theme + JetBrains keymap
Default (light) = Default UI theme + Default editor theme + JetBrains keymap
Xcode = Default UI theme + Xcode editor theme + Keymap which is similar to Xcode
So, to use same settings as for Xcode theme on start theme you should do the following:
Navigate to Preferences -> Appearance -> Theme and select "Default"
Navigate to Preferences -> Editor -> Color & Fonts -> General -> Scheme and select Xcode
If you prefer Xcode key bindings - you can also change keymap in Preferences -> Keymap.
Related
While changing the editor theme, I accidentally clicked on this dialog:
How do I get back to the previous behaviour where I can use a dark editor theme with light IDE theme?
You can change the IDE theme back to dark by selecting any dark theme from Appearance & Behavior -> Appearance -> Theme in the Preferences dialog.
If you type "Theme" in the preferences search it should highlight it. The themes you have available will depend on which ones you have installed.
To change the code/editor theme, change the Editor -> Colors & Fonts -> Scheme (search for "Colors & Fonts")
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:
Which keybindings should I configure in IntelliJ Cursive to get the "expand" and "shrink" selection behaviour documented in the ParEdit user guide?
The user guide mentions Alt+Up and Alt+Down, but as someone new to structural editing, I'm struggling to find the right keybinding.
It depends which platform you're on. Generally you don't have to configure these actions since they're built in to IntelliJ, they're not Cursive specific. Alt-Up and Alt-Down are for the Mac OSX 10.5+ keymap, recommended if you're on a Mac. In the Default keymap, which is what you'll get if you're on Windows or Linux it's Ctrl-W and Shift-Ctrl-W.
These actions are called "Extend/Shrink Selection" on v14, and on earlier versions (probably for historical reasons) they're "Select/Unselect Word at Caret". They can be found by searching in the Keymaps panel.
If you do want to change any keybindings, make sure you do them in the top-level Prefs -> Keymap settings, NOT in the Prefs -> Keymap -> Clojure Keybindings window. Those are not meant to be edited. On a Mac for example, the default cursive keybinding for Wrap [] clobbered the basic backward navigation keybinding.
This issue cleared up the confusion for me.
I've been using the darcula theme for a while and wanted to move back to default.
When I switch only the editor goes back to default even after I restart.
Any ideas appreciated.
Step 1. You choose menu File \ Settings... or press Ctrl + Alt + S.
Step 2. In Settings windows, choose IDE Settings group, choose Appearance, in Theme dropdown menu, choose Alloy.IDEA Theme (It is the default theme). Press Apply then press OK.
Step 3. Restart IntelliJ IDEA 13
This is the default interface, it was back to normal:
You need to also change Appearance theme in Preferences.
(It's confusing that changing the theme in the quick theme change doesn't actually change the theme in the whole IDE.)
I've just downloaded the new PHPStorm EAP, and noticed this screenshot:
And I like it very much. Thing is, I can't find any option to make my install looks like this. I know about color scheme, but AFAIK it only change the text editor's color. How can I make my install to look like that? (The screenshot is taken from the EAP site).
Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance | Theme = Darcula
P.S.
Since IntelliJ IDEA v14 / WebStorm v9 / PhpStorm v8.0.2 (and any other IDEs on branch 139.xxx or newer) the settings path is a bit different:
Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance & Behaviour | Appearance | Theme = Darcula
View -> Quick Switch Theme -> Switch Look And Feel -> Darcula
and Restart the IDEA if changes do not become apparent.
Download and enable ColorIDE.
Preferences > Plugins > "Browse repositories..." button > search for "ColorIde"
Instead of being limited to the standard 4 themes that come with the IDE, ColorIDE plugin will give your IDE the same look and feel as your current color scheme.
Use Material UI
If Darcula isn't darker enough, you can use a plugin called Material UI.
They also have many other colors like deep blue, marine blue, etc.
Link to Material Theme UI
On Mac the title bar of every window (both main and popup dialoges) will remain the typical Mac grayish color, even using the Darcula theme. But you can actually make it dark as well.
Using any Jetbrain IDE (including DataGrip), press Shift + Ctrl + A (PC) or Shift + Cmd + A (Mac). This will open the command palette where you can find Registry:
Open the registry and find the key ide.mac.allowDarkDindowDecorations:
Enable this, close the registry and restart the IDE.
In Preferences > Editor > Colors & Fonts, pick a dark scheme and the IDE will ask you if you want to switch the whole IDE to a dark scheme: