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

** Edit ** As of Intelli-J Idea 12, Dark is the default! See my points below for versions 10/11

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There is a way now - install the 'patch-ide' plugin in combination with the 'color-ide' plugin, and you will get your background colors across all the other panes and throughout the preferences of the application. If you just want to style your project tree also, use 'color-tree'

http://plugins.jetbrains.net/category/index?pr=webide&category_id=25

As a side note, here is an excellent dark color scheme, BlueForest

http://www.decodified.com/misc/2011/06/15/blueforest-a-dark-color-scheme-for-intellij-idea.html

Answer 2

For all using intellij IDEA 15

if the problem is inconsistent colors in different panes try this :

View -> Quick Switch Schemes - Look and Feel -> Intellij (Note : not same as default)

Problem might be that you said yes to 'set Dracula theme to be the default' earlier when changing to dracula from white theme.

Answer 3

How about this way.

File->Settings->Editor->Color & Fonts->General->Default text

Choose other color

then

Click the "Apply" button.

Answer 4

On Mac Ox and Idea 14 after changing back to Default theme you should also modify ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea14/options/laf.xml
and change
<laf class-name="com.intellij.ide.ui.laf.darcula.DarculaLaf" />
to
<laf class-name="com.apple.laf.AquaLookAndFeel" />