Are you coding in Dreamweaver and don’t like the default light code colorization? I created dark background color theme for Dreamweaver. I took inspiration from Green Chaud theme for Aptana IDE.
Don't hurt your eyes with white background! Try out my dark theme.
List of supported formats
- CSS
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- XML
- Java
- JSP
- ActionScript
- WML
- ASP (thanks Brent!)
All you need to do is to download Tom’s dark DW theme XML file and follow instructions below.
Windows XP users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Dreamweaver CS4configurationCodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
Dreamweaver CS3
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:Documents and Settings%username%Application DataAdobeDreamweaver 9ConfigurationCodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
Windows 7 users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:Users%username%AppDataRoamingAdobeDreamweaver CS4en_USConfigurationCodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
MacOS users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to /Users/%name%/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4/%localization(en_US)%/Configuration/CodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
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Thank you!
Works beautifully in Vista 32 bit DW CS5
Thanks so much
On Windows XP you may need to go into:
C:Documents and Settings*USERNAME*Application DataAdobeDreamweaver CS4en_USConfigurationCodeColoring
Instead of: C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Dreamweaver CS4configurationCodeColoring
If you are using CS5 on a Mac and have snow leopard, you want to replace the Colors.xml file located in:
/Users/”Your Computer’s Name”/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/CodeColoring/
Does not work on Windows 7 for CS 5.5 …..even if i delete all colors.xml files and leave no file it still get original fonts and i do not know how to solve the problem
It neither did not work for me.
Works like a charm here. Win7 CS5.5
Thanks dude. Works wonderfully in CS5 on Windows 7 64 bit.
Great work, I had to do a few modifications for things like royal blue color, but other than that it was good!
Thanks
Isn’t this supposed to have ASP? It doesn’t work for me. I followed the instructions above! I also tested the following and they aren’t working either: JSP, Actionscript, WML, Java… I don’t really use all of those. Mostly just PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript and ASP… but I just thought I’d let you know. I’ve tried in both CS3 & CS5.
same problem…cant style asp pages and i cant read anything…tried to find and replace hex codes in the xml and still nothing…i fixed this a long time ago, but dont remember what i did…any ideas?
Really like this theme.
However, I’m now using TextMate, has anyone ported it across to that?
Thank you for the detailed installation instructions!
The colours were a bit too bright for me, so I created another theme based on the ‘minimal Theme’ for TextMate: https://gist.github.com/998843
Kat
Obrigado!
Sweet! Been looking for something like this for awhile.
Works great on Dreamweaver CS5.5 on Mac
Can you post how exactly you did it? I can’t get it to work…
Works in Dreamweaver CS5.5 on Mac OSX Lion (I had to set the default background color to black after installing though)
(I obviously missed step #5)
Would you mind telling me how you fixed this in Lion? It worked fine for me in 10.6 but I can’t get it to work in 10.7.
Thanks!
I also can’t get this to work in 10.7, using DW CS5.5
I had the same issue – turns out it was because OSX Lion auto hides the correct users/library folder. Found this link “http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/” to show how to un-hide the folder using terminal and the followed the steps above.
Hope it helps!
Thank you ! Works great on DW CS 4 on Mac OS10.6.8
Only one problem spotted : htacces files are still written in black. Black on black is a bit difficult to read
Great job though !
If I could I would donate Tom.
I just replaced the xml in CS5 and it´s an eye saver man..
God bless man.. god bless..
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Beautiful colour scheme. So easy and pleasing on the eye. Perfect for those with sensitivity to bright white. I can work longer now because the colours aren’t straining but its also so pleasant. Thanks so much!
Great extension, saves me the trouble of doing this manually. I can finally read without having to squint!