What are the settings to change the background color in JetBrains' IDE?
- Project explorer pane
- Console pane
- Code editor
- Other Panes
I'm running v12.1.6 Ultimate Version. Are there major differences between different versions of the software?
What are the settings to change the background color in JetBrains' IDE?
I'm running v12.1.6 Ultimate Version. Are there major differences between different versions of the software?
Settings / Editor / Colors & Fonts / Console colors
Console, background
Settings / File colors
Add (Alt+insert), choose 'project files' scope, select a color.
Uncheck the 'Use in editor tabs' checkbox, make sure to check 'Use in project view'
Settings / Editor / Color & fonts / General
Text, Default text
Beginning with the 2019.1 release, Jetbrain's IDE supports Custom UI Themes, which give full control of the appearance of built-in IntelliJ IDEA UI elements.
Detailed tutorial about how to create your own custom theme
Blog post about creating custom themes for IntelliJ Platform
If you download it from the https://plugins.jetbrains.com, then you will need to install it as the plugin. Go in the settings, install plugin from the disk and select the JAR file from the disk as the screenshot below.