Hi all!
I usually work on arduino projects at the end of my day and the default IDE theme is just too harsh on my eyes during late night coding sessions. I tried a few of the available 'dark' themes and while they are dark, they are just too colorful and not much better than the default theme, IMO. So I've created a new gray theme for the arduino IDE:
I actually did not create this color scheme, I copied it from blender 3d's text editor, where I spent some time writing python scripts for blender. I created the graphics for the buttons in Inkscape, but the color scheme for them came from a really old version of blender 3d. The buttons are gray in color and turn a dull orange color on mouse over, as seen by the 'verify' button in the screen shot. When you click on the 'verify' or 'upload' buttons, they turn into a brighter orange color.
There is one problem with this theme, and I can't change it. The line #'s and background are close to the same color and hard to read. The background color is the same color as the text editor, and the font color of the numbers can't be changed. That is this theme's downfall.....
I created and tested this theme in arduino 1.8.5, but it should work in all versions after that. Installation instructions vary depending up what version of the IDE you are using, so I will not be posting those instructions now. If anyone wants to try this theme, and doesn't know how to install themes, just ask, and I will write the install instructions.
Also, all the themes I've looked at are stored at github. I don't have an account there, so I'm just attaching it as a .zip file to this post. I still want to tweak the buttons a bit, so it's not quite finished, but I'm putting it out there to look for feedback and suggestions.
Please give me feedback...
Randy
theme-gray.zip (56.6 KB)
