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genxgeek
genxgeek

Reputation: 13347

How do you change background color in the settings of JetBrain's IDE?

What are the settings to change the background color in JetBrains' IDE?

I'm running v12.1.6 Ultimate Version. Are there major differences between different versions of the software?

Upvotes: 92

Views: 140958

Answers (9)

JodaStephen
JodaStephen

Reputation: 63375

As of late 2023, it seems that the background colour of panels like Project Files, Structure, Hierarchy and Find are set only in the Theme. Thus the standard approach to this problem is to "write a Theme". If you don't want that hassle, I have found a hack to change the background colour. This allowed me to combine the Eclipse Plus Theme with a lighter background colour in the tool panes.

  1. Create a jpg file that is entirely White (or a colour of your choosing)
  2. Go to Settings > Appearance > Background Image
  3. Select your jpg file
  4. Choose an opacity, 100% to use exactly your colour, less to blend the colour in (I use 70% to lighten the default grey)
  5. Ensure "Editor and Tools" is set
  6. Ensure the multi-tile icon (rightmost of the three) is selected
  7. Press OK and enjoy

Note that this should affect every tool pane, unlike other answers here.

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Upvotes: 0

davidleongz
davidleongz

Reputation: 181

It's very easy: File > Settings > Color Scheme > Set "Classic Light" or other color

Upvotes: -5

Arefe
Arefe

Reputation: 12397

If you download it from the https://plugins.jetbrains.com, then you will need to install it as the plugin. Go in the settings, install plugin from the disk and select the JAR file from the disk as the screenshot below.

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Upvotes: 1

STEEL
STEEL

Reputation: 10007

Editor > Color Scheme > General > Text enter image description here

Upvotes: 13

Demis Palma ツ
Demis Palma ツ

Reputation: 8037

Beginning with the 2019.1 release, Jetbrain's IDE supports Custom UI Themes, which give full control of the appearance of built-in IntelliJ IDEA UI elements.

Detailed tutorial about how to create your own custom theme

Blog post about creating custom themes for IntelliJ Platform

Upvotes: 1

user3289405
user3289405

Reputation: 157

  1. Go to File option top left in the menu bar.
  2. Select Settings
  3. Select Appearance option in "Appearance & Behavior"
  4. Select Intellij option as Theme in UI Options.
  5. You should able to see everything in while background much like eclipse.

Upvotes: 2

vikasing
vikasing

Reputation: 11762

To change the editor background color in newer versions (after 2017) of Intellij Idea go to Settings > Editor > Color Scheme > General and then on the right side list expand Text and click on "Default text" then click on the color hex code to get the color wheel.Editor background color change

Upvotes: 70

Rahul Kumar
Rahul Kumar

Reputation: 5229

For changing the background of the editor goto File->Settings->Editor->Colors & Fonts->General->Text. You'll see an item called "Default text". On the right you will see a checkbox for background. Click on it and choose whatever color you prefer.

Upvotes: 48

lena
lena

Reputation: 93728

Console pane:

Settings / Editor / Colors & Fonts / Console colors

Console, background

Project view:

Settings / File colors

Add (Alt+insert), choose 'project files' scope, select a color.

Uncheck the 'Use in editor tabs' checkbox, make sure to check 'Use in project view'

Main view (general):

Settings / Editor / Color & fonts / General

Text, Default text

Upvotes: 124

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