How do I modify Darcula error highlights in IDEA?

Question

I love the Moonrise UI theme for Eclipse. However I have grown less fond of Eclipse and am trying to switch to IDEA. One of the things I miss most though with the Moonrise theme is how nicely it highlights compile errors and warnings. It highlights the text background red and yellow respectively.

Errors and warnings in IDEA's Darcula theme, however, are not so obvious.

How do I modify the Editor pane colors in IDEA to format errors/warnings exactly like Eclipse Moonrise and highlight the background red/yellow?

Answer 1

Go to Settings/Editor/Colors and Fonts . If you haven't modified the theme before, save it first using Save As... button, because you can't modify the default one.

Then go to General and find Error and Warning items in the list. Uncheck the Error Stripe Mark and Effects checkboxes and check the Background checkbox. You can then select the color by clicking on the color selector next to the checkbox.

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