SQL Server Management Studio dark theme for whole program

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J Atkin picture J Atkin · Apr 26, 2015 · Viewed 9.2k times · Source

Is it possible to set the SSMS theme to all dark? I really like the dark theme in Visual Studio and SSMS is built on top of the VS shell. I saw this SQL Server Management Studio Skin / Appearance / Layout, but it is only for the query editor.

Answer

Nolan Shang picture Nolan Shang · Nov 22, 2016

For SSMS 2016 Open C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\ssms.pkgundef Goto

// Remove Dark theme
[$RootKey$\Themes{1ded0138-47ce-435e-84ef-9ec1f439b749}]

and comment above settings,like this, then restart SSMS, you will sort there is a new option Dark in the Color theme option.

// Remove Dark theme
//[$RootKey$\Themes{1ded0138-47ce-435e-84ef-9ec1f439b749}]

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