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(The color names are no JetBrains defaults, but rather my own project-specific design tokens.)

But then, there is this useful wildcard feature, allowing me to set generic background and foreground values like this in my theme.json:Įnter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode

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Lacking (or not knowing) an extensive UI reference, I can only guess which identifiers to override, and the tutorial seriously suggests using code completion as documentation.

Add an Editor Scheme or Background Image to the plugin.

Customize the UI Theme by adding data objects to the Theme description (JSON) file.

Add UI Theme components to the plugin by using the DevKit UI Theme Wizard.

Quoting JetBrains' tutorial on Custom UI Theme WorkflowĬreating a UI Theme follows this general sequence: Remember, all I wanted to do is change some colors!ĭo I really have to use their plugin builder setup? Okay, there is another, more complicated, template for plugin development, which turns out to be a Gradle project that probably requires me to use the actual IntelliJ IDEA IDE instead of PHPStorm.

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JetBrains provides a theme template and links to tutorials on how to build themes and other plugins using their SDK. Okay, I have to publish a theme to do so. Okay, so I just want to change some colors in my IDE.

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Taking a Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut 🔨🌰 To be fair, building the plugin is very quick, the only thing that took such a long time was the verification, because it actually tries to verify my code against multiple versions of JetBrains IDE, which is a good thing.

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Clear separation of concerns, rapid development with little overhead, small memory footprint (all of which is only true unless npm install of course). Right, "just some CSS atop" is exactly what I love about web development. The difference in time should be extreme - one is a compiled plugin, the other "just some CSS atop". In a discussion on devrant, while waiting for the theme build and test to complete, IntrusionCM reminds me that "Visual studio code is a web application. But there are not so many themes for JetBrains IDEs. I like the blueish Night Owl by Sarah Drasner, and I currently love WebFreak's Cute Pink Light Theme for its happy colors and high contrast and readability. There are so many UI themes for VisualStudio Code, dark ones, light ones, and colorful ones. You can help me and submit a pull request on GitHub if you like. My own cute pink light theme for IntelliJ IDE has been inspired by WebFreak's VS Code / Codium theme, so it is mostly a copy, and credits for design got to go to WebFreak.Īs my little Sunday morning side project had been taking too much time already, I decided to release a beta version and complete the details later. Source Code: /openmindculture/intellij-cute-pink-light-theme Here it is: Cute Pink Light Theme - Plugins | JetBrains Why not try to code my first IntelliJ theme then? I also like Pink as heck but I need a light theme for coding on a sunny day.

Sepia and Espresso Light Theme are nice, and Pastel-licious looks very promising, but it failed to install in the current version. JetBrains have made theming possible since 2019 for all IntelliJ IDE's (like PHPStorm), but there were not many colorful themes yet. While I like VisualStudio Code (or rather Codium) as a quick and simple editor that fulfills most of my requirements as a web developer, there are reasons to use PHPStorm, like the Symfony and Shopware plugins.