Can't change comment color in sublime text editor 3?

Question

I have what I would consider the perfect theme colors for my Sublime Text Editor 3 application; however, the only thing that is very annoying and hard to see is the comment colors. They're the same color as the background but maybe just one shade lighter.

I've seen some other posts on here on editing theme color files within Sublime Text but for some reason it seems like the data isn't taking effect. It's like it's going off of cached data or something.

For example, I'm using the "Monokai" theme. I've edited /opt/sublime_text/Packages/Color Scheme - Default.sublime-package and searched for Monokai. I changed the hex color code under lineHighlight, and restart Sublime. Nothing changes. In fact, I've changed numerous hex color codes under that section and restarted Sublime Text and absolutely nothing has change.d

What am I doing wrong here? I'm running this on Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon

Answer 1

I was unable to change comments color by editing Monokai.tmTheme even after purging cache or sublime reinstall.

For Sublime 3.1.1 Build 3176 editing Monokai.sublime-color-scheme works.

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1. Open Package Resource Viewer

2. Open Color Scheme

3. Open Monokai color scheme

4. Add you desired color in variables (pick here)

5. Change comment color

6. Enjoy your new comments color!

Answer 2

I've done exactly what you said, changed the value under lineHighlight in Monokai.tmTheme in Color Scheme - Default.sublime-package, restarted Sublime Text and it worked just fine. I'm running Build 3103 on Manjaro Linux.

Sublime Text stores its settings and cache ~/.config/sublime-text-3, I suggest temporarily renaming this folder, which should take you to a freshly installed state. Then make sure Sublime Text really restarts and that your color scheme changes are really in place.

Answer 3

I encountered the same problem. I found the following way solved my problem.

According to @Саша Черных, one can go to
tmtheme-editor.herokuapp.com/#!/editor/theme/Monokai to create and download a customized theme. Then, in Sublime Text 3, from [References -> Browse Packages...], you can find where your Packages folder locates. Just put the downloaded file "Monokai.tmTheme" in that folder, restart app, then it's done.