How to Make PHPStorm / Intellij IDEA Dark (Whole IDE, not just color scheme)

Question

I've just downloaded the new PHPStorm EAP, and noticed this screenshot:

PHPStorm Dark

And I like it very much. Thing is, I can't find any option to make my install looks like this. I know about color scheme, but AFAIK it only change the text editor's color. How can I make my install to look like that? (The screenshot is taken from the EAP site).

Pro programmers use dark IDEs. :) – Andreas Reiff Aug 13 '14 at 20:23 — Andreas Reiff, Aug 13 '14 at 20:23

LazyOne · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-27T10:17:37.310

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Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance | Theme = Darcula

P.S. Since IntelliJ IDEA v14 / WebStorm v9 / PhpStorm v8.0.2 (and any other IDEs on branch 139.xxx or newer) the settings path is a bit different:

Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance & Behaviour | Appearance | Theme = Darcula

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answered Nov 22 '12 at 02:32

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This option is gone in WebStorm 7 EAP (but may come back later on official release?). The answer below works in EAP though. – Willson Haw Aug 08 '13 at 23:13
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@WilsonHaw Nope -- it is still there (checked in PhpStorm though, build 130.1481): http://postimg.org/image/fla5w2d49/ – LazyOne Aug 08 '13 at 23:20

score 49 · Answer 2 · edited May 15 '15 at 06:35

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View -> Quick Switch Theme -> Switch Look And Feel -> Darcula

and Restart the IDEA if changes do not become apparent.

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answered May 16 '13 at 11:57

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On PHPStorm 8.0.2 Mac the 'Switch Look and Feel' can be done without a restart. ;) – John Shipp Jan 05 '15 at 07:23
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IT's actually called darcula, not dracula – schemar Mar 19 '15 at 15:06
There are only two options? – bart Jul 26 '17 at 07:57

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 11 '15 at 01:38

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Download and enable ColorIDE.

Preferences > Plugins > "Browse repositories..." button > search for "ColorIde"

Instead of being limited to the standard 4 themes that come with the IDE, ColorIDE plugin will give your IDE the same look and feel as your current color scheme.

answered Aug 11 '15 at 01:38

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Been wanting this forever, didn't know it even existed. Thank you. – Marcelo Mason Jan 31 '16 at 01:36
Nice. I also just discovered that if you want your code background to be different from the tree background, you can control the latter with this plugin by setting the Editor->Colors & Fonts->General->Text->Default Text (which may require a restart to take effect), and change your code background color on a per-language basis. – kmuenkel Jan 19 '17 at 15:54

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 19 '17 at 16:11

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Use Material UI

If Darcula isn't darker enough, you can use a plugin called Material UI.

They also have many other colors like deep blue, marine blue, etc.

Link to Material Theme UI

answered Aug 19 '17 at 16:11

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 04 '18 at 12:53

On Mac the title bar of every window (both main and popup dialoges) will remain the typical Mac grayish color, even using the Darcula theme. But you can actually make it dark as well.

Using any Jetbrain IDE (including DataGrip), press Shift + Ctrl + A (PC) or Shift + Cmd + A (Mac). This will open the command palette where you can find Registry:

Open the registry and find the key ide.mac.allowDarkDindowDecorations:

Enable this, close the registry and restart the IDE.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 27 '16 at 14:01

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In Preferences > Editor > Colors & Fonts, pick a dark scheme and the IDE will ask you if you want to switch the whole IDE to a dark scheme:

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How to Make PHPStorm / Intellij IDEA Dark (Whole IDE, not just color scheme)

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Use Material UI

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