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CiaranWelsh
CiaranWelsh

Reputation: 7681

How to change the Spyder editor background to dark?

I've just updated Spyder to version 3.1 and I'm having trouble changing the colour scheme to dark. I've been able to change the Python and iPython console's to dark but the option to change the editor to dark is not where I would expect it to be. Could anybody tell me how to change the colour scheme of the Spyder 3.1 editor to dark?

Upvotes: 110

Views: 345509

Answers (17)

Sven Fritsch
Sven Fritsch

Reputation: 91

For Spyder 3: In case you don't find Preferences under Tools > Preferences, thats probably because Preferences is pinned onto your tool bar by default Preferences in Tool Bar

Upvotes: 1

Carlos Cordoba
Carlos Cordoba

Reputation: 34156

If you're using Spyder 3, please go to

Tools > Preferences > Syntax Coloring

and select there the dark theme you want to use.

In Spyder 4, a dark theme is used by default. But if you want to select a different theme you can go to

Tools > Preferences > Appearance > Syntax highlighting theme

Upvotes: 217

rmswrp
rmswrp

Reputation: 601

In Spyder 4.1, you can change background color from: Tools > Preferences > Appearance > Syntax highlighting scheme

Upvotes: 0

Camunatas
Camunatas

Reputation: 143

I've seen some people recommending installing aditional software but in my opinion the best way is by using the built-in skins, you can find them at:

Tools > Preferences > Syntax Coloring

Upvotes: 1

Teoman
Teoman

Reputation: 109

I want to add that you can change the theme of Spyder 3 to a dark on Linux by using:

Qtmodern

Install Qtmodern with pip3

pip3 install --user qtmodern

Open the file:

python-site-packages/spyder/app/mainwindow.py

Import modern style

Find: 

# Qt imports

Add: 

import qtmodern.styles
import qtmodern.windows

Theme the app

Find method: 

def run_spyder(

Add: 

#wrapper for custom theme
qtmodern.styles.dark(app)

Theme the window

Find: 

main.show()

Replace it with: 

##wrapper for dark window theme
mw = qtmodern.windows.ModernWindow(main)
mw.show()

Upvotes: 0

Sanjay Nandakumar
Sanjay Nandakumar

Reputation: 421

1.Click Tools
2.Click Preferences
3.Select Syntax Coloring

Upvotes: 0

MD SAHAIB MRIDHA
MD SAHAIB MRIDHA

Reputation: 1

At First click on preferences(Ctrl+Shift+alt+p) then click the option of syntax coloring and change the scheme to "Monokai".Now apply it and you will get the dark scheme.

Upvotes: 0

Michael Litvin
Michael Litvin

Reputation: 4126

In Spyder 2.3.8 on Ubuntu, I found several settings to do this - each one for a different part of the window... Seems that you can't make all areas dark though.

Editor

Inspector

Console

History

IPython

And the final result looks like this:

Final

Upvotes: 5

Allen
Allen

Reputation: 271

Tools->Preferences->Syntax coloring->Scheme changed to "Spyder Dark"

Upvotes: 27

SOBrien
SOBrien

Reputation: 21

I think some of the people answering this question don’t actually try to do what they recommend, because there is something wrong with way the Mac OS version handles the windows.

When you choose the new color scheme and click OK, the preferences window looks like it closed, but it is still there behind the main spyder window. You need to switch windows with command ~ or move the main spyder window to expose the preferences window. Then you need to click Apply to get the new color scheme.

Upvotes: 2

Peter Farrell
Peter Farrell

Reputation: 11

On mine it's Tools --> Preferences --> Editor and "Syntax Color Scheme" dropdown is at the very bottom of the list.

Upvotes: 1

NicoleEickhoff
NicoleEickhoff

Reputation: 68

@D.Wolf -- if Preferences doesn't appear in the drop-down under Tools, there is also an icon in the toolbar that is a direct path to tools -> Preferences, and the Syntax Coloring is on the left-hand side. See the wrench? Just click that.

Upvotes: 1

ewalel
ewalel

Reputation: 2096

If you are using MacBook Pro (OS X) follow the following steps:

python > Preference > Syntax coloring

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Upvotes: 7

D.Wolf
D.Wolf

Reputation: 21

I tried the option: Tools > Preferences > Syntax coloring > dark spyder is not working.

You should rather use the path: Tools > Preferences > Syntax coloring > spyder then begin modifications as you want your editor to appear

Upvotes: 2

Yuval Harpaz
Yuval Harpaz

Reputation: 1426

I like matching the editor dark scheme to IPython dark scheme. As for IPython, go to 

Tools > Preferences > IPython cosole > display tab

and check Dark background.

Restart the kernel. Then look at the colors you get, say, when you import. My spyder2 (python 2.7) uses Anaconda's ipython 5.3.0 and import is pink, the best matching scheme for the editor is Monokai, you choose this in

Tools > Preferences > Syntax coloring

My spyder3, when choosing dark IPython (2.4.1) background prints colors a bit different than Monokai, but if you go to

Tools > Preferences > Syntax coloring

you go to Monokai tab and tweak the colors a bit. I had to change builtin from lilac to cyan

Upvotes: 3

marts
marts

Reputation: 678

For Spyder 2.3 which is still installed via apt-get on linux, you change the theme via 

Tools > Preferences > Editor > Syntax Color

The 

Tools > Preferences > Syntax Coloring

only shows options for adjusting the different themes, but not actually applying a different theme. Spyder 3.x uses the second option via Syntax Color.

Upvotes: 9

tcebob
tcebob

Reputation: 1

Yes, that's the intuitive answer. Nothing in Spyder is intuitive. Go to Preferences/Editor and select the scheme you want. Then go to Preferences/Syntax Coloring and adjust the colors if you want to. tcebob

Upvotes: -5

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