File Colors

Last modified: 26 August 2021

File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | File Colors for Windows and Linux

MPS | Preferences | Appearance and Behavior | File Colors for macOS

Ctrl+Alt+S the Settings/Preferences icon

Use this page to set different background colors for distinguishing between project files of specific scopes.

File colors
Configuring file colors in Settings/Preferences

Item

Description

Enable file colors

Select this checkbox to enable the feature.

Use in editor tabs

Enable colors in editor tabs.

Use in project View

Enable colors in the Project tool window and in search results (for example, in the Find in Files dialog Ctrl+Shift+F).

Manage scopes

Click this button to define the required scopes.

Local Colors

In this area, configure the color-scope associations to be applied locally.

Once defined, a color-scope association cannot be changed. To re-assign a color to a scope, remove the existing association and define a new one.

Item

Tooltip

Description

Scope

This read-only field shows the scope to apply the color setting to.

Color

This read-only field shows the color to be applied to the corresponding scope.

the Add button

Add

Click this button to open the Add Color Label dialog in which you can configure a new color-scope association.

the Remove button

Remove

Click this button to remove the selected color-scope association.

the Move up button  or  the Move down button

Move up or Move down

Use these buttons to sort the color-scope associations and thus determine the order in which they are applied.

the Share button

Share

Click this button to have the selected scope-color association shared among the members of the team.

The selected association will be accordingly moved to the list in the Shared Colors area.

Shared Colors

Use the controls in this area to configure the color-scope associations to be shared among all the members of the team. File colors are stored as project settings in .idea/fileColors.xml.

Once defined, a color-scope association cannot be changed. To re-assign a color to a scope, remove the existing association and define a new one.

Item

Tooltip

Description

Scope

This read-only field shows the scope to apply the color setting to.

Color

This read-only field shows the color to be applied to the corresponding scope.

the Add button

Add

Click this button to open the Add Color Label dialog in which you can configure a new color-scope association.

the Remove button

Remove

Click this button to remove the selected color-scope association.

the Move up button  or  the Move down button

Move up or Move down

Use these buttons to sort the color-scope associations and thus determine the order in which they are applied.

the Unshare button

Unshare

Click this button to have the selected scope-color association applied only locally.

The selected association will be accordingly moved to the list in the Local Colors area.