| title | Editor Themes |
|---|---|
| description | This article describes how to edit the theme of the editor or add your own in Visual Studio for Mac |
| author | heiligerdankgesang |
| ms.author | dominicn |
| manager | dominicn |
| ms.date | 11/06/2018 |
| ms.assetid | 4C1B7952-CD45-4132-AD6B-01CF993D83F8 |
| ms.topic | reference |
[!INCLUDE Visual Studio for Mac]
Editor themes can be changed to any of the 10 color schemes provided by default in Visual Studio for Mac via the Visual Studio > Preferences > Text Editor > Color Themes menu options:
New color themes can be added, provided they are in one of the supported formats:
- Visual Studio (
.vssettings) - Xamarin Studio (
.json) - TextMate (
.tmTheme)
Once you have found or created a new theme and downloaded it to your local machine, add it by doing the following steps:
- Select the Add button on the Color Themes Option dialog:
- Browse for the theme on your local machine and press Open.
- The theme is added to the bottom of the pre-installed list of themes. To preview the theme, select it:
- To apply the theme, press the Okay button.
