Can't change color schemes in IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.5
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I am new to intelliJ and Java. All I want is for it to color the text like Visual Studio. For example, color the class names light blue. Anyway, I have set it in the language defaults and it shows the class colored light blue in the preview. Same thing when I highlight Java but when I click apply and OK nothing changes in the editor. Any help is appreciated.
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Please report at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/IDEA and attach your color scheme (File | Export Settings).
Could you please provide idea.log ("Help | Show Log in...") after restarting IDE and reproducing the issue?
You could change editor color theme by following these steps:
idea.log: https://pastebin.com/raw/r0919wWr
I installed the Visual Studio 2015 Dark theme from the site provided by Yaroslov. I still get the same problem. Everything changed to dark, the preview looks like I want but the actual code in the editor still did not change.
Please continue at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-181868
Keywords will change colors but not class names.
I have this exact same problem. When 'Language defaults' settings are changed, they are shown as changed in the preview window but dont get applied in the actual editor window. In short, the color scheme changes don't get applied. Font change happens though. I am using IntelliJ 2018.1 community edition.
>but dont get applied in the actual editor window.
For what language do you see this? Have you checked this language-specific color attribute setting?
If issue remains attach screenshot of the language-specific color attributes setting for the keyword.
Hi Andrey,
Thanks for this. I didn't realize the similar settings are once again available in language specific settings as well. I was changing it in Settings > editor > Color scheme > Language defaults earlier. With your suggestion, I tried to change the settings in Color scheme > Python and it worked. Thanks again!