I took the theme from ArduOpen and modified it a bit, adding back the default icons/tabs and tweaking some colors. I figured I'd share it in case anyone else was having a hard time staring at the bright default IDE and couldn't find any good dark alternatives. Props to the ArduOpen team for their great color choices.
EDIT: To install a theme (at least on Windows), rename the "theme" folder in your /lib folder to something else like "theme_original" and then copy the theme folder in the zip I provided into /lib instead. Restart the IDE.
I quite like that, I've always been happy with the standard white background but that's very easy on the eyes. Especially the message panel that is normally red on black and very bad for readability.
Looks cool, but black background it is not good for readability I am pretty sure the folks on MS did lots of tests because even if Windows Phone UI is all black for energy consumption, when you read a mail or document, background turns to white.
But this makes me wonder, maybe a theme manager is a good idea to add?
I would like to make other colors, but it seems on windows it's not working.
int water_pump = 2;
The text "water_pump = 2;" is all same color, I would like to have number "2" representing pin number another color.
How can I change this, I edited the theme.txt, but can't find this?
Also the preferences.txt file line
anti-aliased text, turned off by default
editor.antialias=true
Changing it makes no change either.
The white text can't be made bold either, or the line ending ";" symbol color cant be changed either. Why so many bugs on Windows 1.5.5 IDE?
P.S.
EDIT LINE "editor.bgcolor" to set desired black level. Ligh black 404040, Medium black, 363636, Very black 262626
Darker black gives more contrast, but it also stains the eyes as the character and background are very different, so experiment to your taste.
I did make a few changes because I found the poor contrast between some of the original color settings made it very difficult to use.
I don't actually use this theme so please let me know if you find any issues or improvements at GitHub - per1234/ino-themes: Arduino IDE themes. There are some new graphics files(*.svg and *@2x.png) that were not included with the original themes but it seems to work OK without them.
revolt_randy:
Can someone tell ,me how to change the color of quoted text as seen in my pic?
It should be editor.literal_string_double_quote.style in theme.txt. I have put together documentation of the theme configuration options and a sketch to test them all at:
Let me know if you discover any additional information or corrections, I put it together purely through trial and error.