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.
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I am using dark mode on SQL Server and I have tried to update the font and colors for the object explorer menu, but I seem to be unable to find the appropriate settings to update the menu colors from Options > Fonts and Colors.
Here is what my menu looks like when a right-click an object from the Object Explorer
Is there a way to update the text on the right-hand side so it's easier to read?
I am using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 17.
I don't think there is a solution for chaning the sub-menu color unless you can inject the dll / exe file of SSMS.
A workaround is here:
https://www.sentryone.com/blog/aaronbertrand/making-ssms-pretty-my-dark-theme
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
Odd question, but I can't seem to find a reliable answer on google. Is it possible for me to change the color of comments in SQL Server 2012 Management Studio? I am colorblind and need to better be able to identify them.
Yes.
Click Options on the Tools menu. Click Environment, and then click Fonts and Colors.
In the right pane, make sure Text Editor is selected, and then from the Display Items below, select the Comment list item, and change the Item Foreground color to a color you can see, and save it.
Tools => Options => Fonts and Colors
Visual Studio 2013 displays all my TypeScript files with a red icon:
I have no idea why they are red dark-orange (there are no errors and .cs/.json/etc. are fine) but I find that very distracting.
Can I make them black/green/anything-but-red'ish?
There is a Visual Studio Icon Patcher for VS 2012 that can be made to work with 2013!
There isn't a built-in way to change this. It's really more of a dark orange, though.
For those having trouble finding the VSIP for VS2013, I was able to download it from this site
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.