Changing the background color of an intellij pane

Question

I\'ve changed the color scheme in intellij so that the background of the Java editor pane is dark and the text is light. I\'m not sure if this is directly related, however, in

Answer 1

I found a solution:

Go to view -> Quick switch Scheme.... and change option 5. Look and feel to Dracula

Answer 2

There does not seem to be a way. I'll either have to revert my color scheme back to the default, keep the white on white text in the 'run' pane or convince my work to get me a mac so i can use the magic key combination to invert all colors on the screen!

Answer 3

Here's the latest 2016 that worked for me. I had changed the white background for editors but all the panes were still black. Selecting Quick Switch Scheme -> Look and feel -> default option - solved it for me, i.e. white panes.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.1/switching-between-schemes.html

Answer 4

I believe if you restart IntelliJ, it will update the background of all panes (tool windows).

If you are having trouble to revert back to light frames, there is a way to do that.

Locate the your IntelliJ settings folder (on Windows, it is typically C:\Users\{username}\.IdeaIC12\, on Mac, it is something like ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea13/options. Of course you have to select the appropriate IntelliJ folder)).

Go to the folder config\options\.

Edit the file options.xml.

Delete these lines:

    <component name="LafManager">
      <laf class-name="idea.dark.laf.classname" />
    </component>

Done.

Answer 5

Settings -> Editor -> Colors & Fonts

Set "Scheme" to "Default". Helps instantly, without restart

Answer 6

I've managed to get everything with a black background + a nice skull wallpaper.

https://github.com/phackwer/DarkKnight_IntelliJ

I usually disable Tool Buttons, Tool Bar and Status Bar on the View Menu and also run the project on Full Screen mode. Looks sensational!

You can change the wallpaper to a different one by pressing shift twice and looking for Set Background Image.