How to change the Spyder editor background to dark

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I ve just updated Spyder to version 3 1 and I m having trouble changing the colour scheme to dark  I ve been able to change the Python and iPython console s to dark but the option to change the editor to dark is not where I would expect it to be  Could anybody tell me how to change the colour scheme of the Spyder 3 1 editor to dark

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In Spyder 4 1  you can change background color from  Tools   Preferences   Appearance   Syntax highlighting scheme

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D Wolf -- if Preferences doesn t appear in the drop-down under Tools  there is also an icon in the toolbar that is a direct path to tools -  Preferences  and the Syntax Coloring is on the left-hand side  See the wrench   Just click that

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I want to add that you can change the theme of Spyder 3 to a dark on Linux by using   Qtmodern    Install Qtmodern with pip3  pip3 install --user qtmodern     Open the file   python-site-packages spyder app mainwindow py     Import modern style  Find      Qt imports   Add    import qtmodern styles import qtmodern windows     Theme the app  Find method    def run spyder    Add     wrapper for custom theme qtmodern styles dark app      Theme the window  Find    main show     Replace it with      wrapper for dark window theme mw   qtmodern windows ModernWindow main  mw show

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At First click on  preferences Ctrl Shift alt p  then click the option of syntax coloring and change the scheme to  Monokai  Now apply it and you will get the dark scheme

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For Spyder 2 3 which is still installed via apt-get on linux  you change the theme via   Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Editor  gt  Syntax Color    The   Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Syntax Coloring   only shows options for adjusting the different themes  but not actually applying a different theme  Spyder 3 x uses the second option via Syntax Color

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1 Click Tools 2 Click Preferences 3 Select Syntax Coloring

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I like matching the editor dark scheme to IPython dark scheme  As for IPython  go to   Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  IPython cosole  gt  display tab   and check Dark background    Restart the kernel  Then look at the colors you get  say  when you import  My spyder2  python 2 7  uses Anaconda s ipython 5 3 0 and import is pink  the best matching scheme for the editor is Monokai  you choose this in  Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Syntax coloring   My spyder3  when choosing dark IPython  2 4 1  background prints colors a bit different than Monokai  but if you go to  Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Syntax coloring     you go to Monokai tab and tweak the colors a bit  I had to change builtin from lilac to cyan

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hey there go to GITHUB link here https   github com joonro Spyder-Color-Themes  do as the page says u can get the stunning tomorrow night theme

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If you re using Spyder 3  please go to  Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Syntax Coloring  and select there the dark theme you want to use   In Spyder 4  a dark theme is used by default  But if you want to select a different theme you can go to  Tools  gt  Preferences  gt  Appearance  gt  Syntax highlighting theme

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Tools- gt Preferences- gt Syntax coloring- gt Scheme changed to  Spyder Dark

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For Spyder 3  In case you don t find Preferences under Tools   Preferences  thats probably because Preferences is pinned onto your tool bar by default Preferences in Tool Bar

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If you are using MacBook Pro  OS X  follow the following steps   python  gt  Preference  gt  Syntax coloring

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On mine it s Tools --  Preferences --  Editor and  Syntax Color Scheme  dropdown is at the very bottom of the list

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I think some of the people answering this question don   t actually try to do what they recommend  because there is something wrong with way the Mac OS version handles the windows   When you choose the new color scheme and click OK  the preferences window looks like it closed  but it is still there behind the main spyder window   You need to switch windows with command   or move the main spyder window to expose the preferences window   Then you need to click Apply to get the new color scheme

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Yes  that s the intuitive answer  Nothing in Spyder is intuitive  Go to Preferences Editor and select the scheme you want  Then go to Preferences Syntax Coloring and adjust the colors if you want to   tcebob

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In Spyder 2 3 8 on Ubuntu  I found several settings to do this - each one for a different part of the window    Seems that you can t make all areas dark though             And the final result looks like this

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I ve seen some people recommending installing aditional software but in my opinion the best way is by using the built-in skins  you can find them at   Tools   Preferences   Syntax Coloring

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I tried the option  Tools   Preferences   Syntax coloring   dark spyder is not working   You should rather use the path  Tools   Preferences   Syntax coloring   spyder  then begin modifications as you want your editor to appear

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