What does your IDE look like?

Steve Beaupré · 2013-11-22T08:04:13

Im bored, so i decided to start this thread. I think it would be cool to see how your favorite IDE look like, mostly for the colors sheme, but also fonts, toolbars, addons, ect... Personally, i like a black background, with bright lime fonts as default text color, i find that it's less straining on the eyes to have a dark background, instead of a white one, especially at night. The default blue for keyword look dim on black, so i changed it to red. Strings are easy to spot in yellow. Numbers are in red too (may make them orange instead later, not sure), and the operators are in white. If i could name it, i think i would be "The Christmas Theme" . I also love the Toggle Breakpoint button, much faster than going in the menu. I removed the toolbars i didn't like and replaced them with what i use most. The only addon i have is something that restore the right-click drag n copy you could do with the mouse in older vs versions. (yes, you can do it holding some key on the keyboard, but it's really faster and better this way, cause you can copy stuffs around with only one hand, instead of both). Here's a pic. (jpg screwed up the colors a bit, colors should be a little brighter...)

NightCreature83

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November 17, 2013 01:41 AM

I tend to use high contrast highlighting in a black theme in VS2012, I mellowed the colors from the ones I was using in VS2010 quite dramatic. However I do keep the vs2010 style highlighting in notepad++ when doing python work.

VS2010:

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VS2012:

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Datamancer

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November 17, 2013 02:32 AM

I have a pretty average setup.

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GlenDC

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November 17, 2013 02:47 AM

I have a pretty average setup.

ByteTroll, what is the preview slider on the right of your screen?

It looks similar to the thing in Sublime Text 2.

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Datamancer

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November 17, 2013 03:01 AM

I have a pretty average setup.

ByteTroll, what is the preview slider on the right of your screen?

It looks similar to the thing in Sublime Text 2.

The preview slider comes from the Productivity Power Tools 2012 add-in for Visual Studio 2012 (http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/3a96a4dc-ba9c-4589-92c5-640e07332afd).

EDIT: It is called the Enhanced Scrollbar.

"The code you write when you learn a new language is shit.
You either already know that and you are wise, or you don’t realize it for many years and you are an idiot. Either way, your learning code is objectively shit." - L. Spiro

"This is called programming. The art of typing shit into an editor/IDE is not programming, it's basically data entry. The part that makes a programmer a programmer is their problem solving skills." - Serapth

"The 'friend' relationship in c++ is the tightest coupling you can give two objects. Friends can reach out and touch your privates." - frob