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How to add new theme in PhpStorm 10.0.1

Note: Answers from this question did not work for me.

I am new to PhpStorm, and I'm currently using the version 10.0.1.

I'm trying to add a new theme Dark Peacock because it best suits my preference. I did my research and already tried placing the files in these folders:

C:/Users/USERNAME/.PhpStorm2016.1/colors
C:/Users/USERNAME/.PhpStorm10.0.1/colors
C:/Users/USERNAME/.PhpStorm 10.0.1/colors
C:/Users/USERNAME/.WebIde100/config/colors
C:/Users/USERNAME/~/.PhpStorm10.0.1/colors
C:/Users/USERNAME/~/.PhpStorm 10.0.1/colors

... but nothing seems to work for me. The new theme just doesn't show up in File->Settings->->Appearance & Behavior->Appearance->Theme Dropdown.

Any other idea out there?

Solution

  • It seems that I have confused "theme" with "color scheme".

    The theme is the one that changes the general look of the application, that is, the background color of borders, sidebars, menus, and maybe more (of which I haven't discovered yet). This was not really what I wanted to change.

    The color scheme is the one that changes the text editor's background and text colors. And this is what I was trying to change.

    Color schemes do not show up in

    File->Settings->->Appearance & Behavior->Appearance->Theme Dropdown

    because they are in

    File->Settings->->Editor->Colors & Fonts->Scheme Dropdown

    NOTE: The exact location for Dark Peacock.icls that made this work is:

    C:/Users/USERNAME/.WebIde100/config/colors

    The colors folder does not exist, so I had to create it.