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Colors schemes: fonts and colors of IDE text

Last modified: 13 January 2025

As a developer, you work with a lot of text resources: the source code in the editor, search results, debugger information, console input and output, and so on. Color and font styles are used to format this text and help you better understand it at a glance.

JetBrains Rider lets you choose between configurable color schemes that define colors and fonts used in IDE text.

You can use a predefined color scheme or customize it to your liking. It is also possible to share schemes.

You can customize a predefined color scheme, but it is recommended that you create a duplicate for your custom color and font settings:

To define color and font settings, open the Editor | Color Scheme settings page  CtrlAlt0S.

Language Defaults section under Color Scheme settings

The settings under Editor | Color Scheme are separated into sections. For example, the General section defines basic editor colors, such as the gutter, line numbers, errors, warnings, popups, hints, and so on. The Language Defaults section contains common syntax highlighting settings, which are applied to all supported programming languages by default.

In most cases, it is sufficient to configure Language Defaults and make adjustments for specific languages if necessary. To change inherited color settings for an element, clear the Inherit values from checkbox.