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Chris
Chris

Reputation: 433

How to change visual studio themes?

I have downloaded a theme from here and want to use it with visual studio. I tried downloading the Visual Studio Color Theme Editor, but it only supports .vstheme files, not the .vssettings extension as provided in the theme.

Upvotes: 29

Views: 64919

Answers (3)

AAW238
AAW238

Reputation: 104

For VS 2015: 1. Tools>Import and Export Settings... 2. Import selected environment settings 3. Next 4. Yes, save my current settings (or not) 5. Next 6. Browse... Navigate to the theme file you downloaded 7. Next 8. Finish Should be updated immediately

Upvotes: 0

Bepa
Bepa

Reputation: 41

Tools->Import and Export Settings-> Import selected env…->No, just import…->(Browse to where you saved the file and select it) Next->(Select Options->Environment->Fonts and Colors) Make sure all others are unchecked then click finish.

Upvotes: 4

Laurent
Laurent

Reputation: 3837

It is explained in the FAQ from StudioStyles :

You need to import the settings into Visual Studio. This might look like a lot of work, but it's pretty easy after you do it a couple of times.

  1. In Visual Studio, choose Tools > Import and Export Settings
  2. Choose Import Selected Environment Settings and select whether you want to back up your existing settings or not
  3. Click Browse... to choose the file you downloaded.
  4. You get a choice which settings you want to import - choose all of them since the file only contains color settings and won't touch your other VS settings.
  5. Click Finish and you'll see the new colors.

Note: if you save the file to My Documents > Visual Studio 2010 > Settings, you'll have quick access to choose the settings file in step 3 above.

Upvotes: 35

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