How do I install a color theme for IntelliJ IDEA 7 0 x

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I prefer dark backgrounds for coding  and I ve downloaded a jar file containing an IntelliJ IDEA color theme that has a dark background  How do I tell IntelliJ about it

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Themes downloaded from IntelliJ can be installed as a Plugin   Take these steps   Preferences - gt  Plugins - gt  GearIcon - gt  Install Plugin from disk - gt  Reset your IDE - gt   Preferences - gt  Appearance - gt  Theme - gt  Select your theme

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Go to File- Import Settings    and select the jar settings file  Update as of IntelliJ 2020   Go to File -  Manage IDE Settings -  Import Settings

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Find the  jar theme file in your disk  Drag the file into PhpStorm window and voila

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Interesting I never spent too much time adjusting the colours in IntelliJ although tried once    See link below with an already defined colour scheme you can import   Where can I download IntelliJ IDEA 10 Color Schemes   http   devnet jetbrains net docs DOC-1154  Download the jar file  file import the jar where you will see a what to import

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Go to Settings    Plugins    Search Plugins in Marketplace  Search by material theme and download and restart it  it is a good theme    In the market place  you can also search by theme and it will list all the themes and you can download any themes  You no need to find themes and download and import it  You can also remove the theme very easily  thanks

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Take a look here  Third Party Add-ons  You may have to extract the jar using a zip application  Hopefully inside you ll find a collection of XML files     IntelliJ IDEA Plugins

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Step 1  Do File -  Import Settings    and select the settings jar file   Step 2  Go to Settings -  Editor -  Colors and Fonts to choose the theme you just installed

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Like nearly everyone else said  go to file -  Import Settings   But if you don t see the  Import Settings  option under the file menu  you need to disable 2 plugins   IDE Settings Sync and Settings Repository

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If you just have the xml file of the color scheme you can   Go to Preferences -  Editor -  Color and Fonts and use the Import button

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