theme for python eric ide

Question

I want to change my background IDE in eric but when I do this in preferences>editor>style nothing change in background color, just font styles changed.

Is there any solution for this? cause white color make a huge damage in editor when working lots of hours

Answer 1

You can change the complete look of the IDE, but it's split between four different settings menus:

1. In Settings > Preferences > Editor > Highlighters > Styles click "Import styles" near the bottom, and choose one of the predefined themes.

2. Now you can't see your text cursor, because it's still black. Go to Settings > Preferences > Editor > Styles , scroll down to "Caret", and change the "Foreground" color to white. In the same menu, you can also change the color of the margins.

3. The surrounding panels are still white. Go to Settings > Preferences > Interface > Interface and in "Style Sheet" choose one of the predefined styles.

4. Now you can't see the icons in the top bar, because they are black on a dark background. Go to Settings > Icons and change "Default icons" to "Breeze (dark)"

Works for eric7.

Answer 2

Short version:
[ Settings > preferences > Editor > Style ] ... is only for unrecognised languages.
[ Settings > Preferences > Highlighters > Styles ] ... is for each separate recognized language.

Longer version:
Changing the background using [ Settings > Preferences > Editor > Style ] works fine. ... Well kinda.
1) This particular preference section is only for setting the style on files that are seen by the eric-ide as " No language " files.
2) This has no effect on the empty editing-area display ( ie: when there are no files open ).
3) The change 'might' not show up immediately. In my case I had to re-click on the " No language " option ([ RMC/file-content-menu > languages > No language ]) to get the background colour change to show up as intended.

To change the background for a, by the eric-ide, known language. You have to go to [ Settings > Preferences > Highlighters > Styles ], and than select the languages you like to make the changes for.

-- Checked against: eric6 (18.06)
-- No general-theme support: https://die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/issues/issue248