My questions are:
Do I need to learn how to create a whole theme?
I read this answer -- Sublime 2 -changing background color based on file type? -- for Sublime 2, but I'm using Sublime 3 (currently in beta), and there is no "Color Scheme - Default" in the Package folder.
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This question -- Why do Sublime Text 3 Themes not affect the sidebar? -- helped me out.
The steps I followed:
%AppData%\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User
)Default.sublime-theme
For How do I change the overall colors (background and font)?
For MAC : goto Sublime text -> Preferences -> color scheme
I had the same issue. Sublime3 no longer shows all of the installed packages when you choose Show Packages from the Preferences Menu.
To customise a colour scheme do the following (UNIX):
--- EDIT ---
For Mac OS X the themes are stored in zipped files so although the preferences file shows them as being in Packages/Color Scheme - Default/ they don't appear in that directory unless you extract them.
for example
"color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Legacy/myTheme.tmTheme"
To view Theme files for ST3, install PackageResourceViewer via PackageControl.
Then, you can use the Ctrl + Shift + P >> PackageResourceViewer: Open Resource
to view theme files.
To edit a specific background color, you need to create a new file in your user packages folder Packages/User/SublimeLinter
with the same name as the theme currently applied to your sublime text file.
However, if your theme is a 3rd party theme package installed via package control, you can edit the hex value in that file directly, under background. For example:
<dict>
<dict>
<key>background</key>
<string>#073642</string>
</dict>
</dict>
Otherwise, if you are trying to modify a native sublime theme, add the following to the new file you create (named the same as the native theme, such as Monokai.sublime-color-scheme
) with your color choice
{
"globals":
{
"background": "rgb(5,5,5)"
}
}
Then, you can open the file you wish the syntax / color to be applied to and then go to Syntax-Specific settings (under Preferences) and add the path of the file to the syntax specific settings file like so:
{
"color_scheme": "Packages/User/SublimeLinter/Monokai.sublime-color-scheme"
}
Note that if you have installed a theme via package control, it probably has the .tmTheme
file extension.
If you are wanting to edit the background color of the sidebar to be darker, go to Preferences > Theme > Adaptive.sublime-theme
This my answer based on my personal experience and info gleaned from the accepted answer on this page, if you'd like more information.
plastic
, for my case.Steps I followed for an overall dark theme including file browser:
Preferences
->Theme...
Adaptive.sublime-theme
For your own theme package find and edit it.
Path: Preferences -> Browse Packages -> Theme - default
<dict>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>background</key>
<string>#edf2f6</string>
</dict>
</dict>
Source: Stackoverflow.com