How can I switch themes in Visual Studio 2012

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Ricky picture Ricky · Mar 7, 2012 · Viewed 293.6k times · Source

The Visual Studio 2012 offers two themes, Light and Dark. I want to switch the theme to Dark, but I'm not able to find any menus or options to do that.

I found out a way importing settings from:

Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ FontsAndColorsThemes\1ded0138-47ce-435e-84ef-9ec1f439b749.vssettings

and the code editor is now in Dark theme but other windows are still in Light theme such as the Solution Explorer, Toolbox, and Toolbars.

What should I do to switch themes?

Answer

James McNellis picture James McNellis · Mar 7, 2012

In Visual Studio 2012, open the Options dialog (Tools -> Options). Under Environment -> General, the first setting is "Color theme." You can use this to switch between Light and Dark.

The shell theme is distinct from the editor theme--you can use any editor fonts and colors settings with either shell theme.

O hai!

There is also a Color Theme Editor extension that can be used to create new themes.

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