Visual Studio 2010 intellisense colors

Question

Is it possible to change the color of intellisense in Visual Studio 2010. As you can see in this screen shot. Its virtualy impossible to see the types of the parameters because they're displyed with a white foreground colour on a grey background.

Answer 1

Maybe this might be of use to you?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2999407/how-to-change-visual-studio-2010-intellisense-context-menu-highlight-color

Also the Theme Editor (Although not 100% if this can be used to modify intellisense)

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/20cd93a2-c435-4d00-a797-499f16402378

I know this isn't changing the intellisense but I really like this site too http://studiostyles.info

Answer 2

I went through the same phase as yourself, changing the IDE colour schemes, and had the exact theme you did - its a lovely typeface and scheme is nice on the eyes.

The problem is whenever I had to go to someone else's screen or I needed them to help my with my code... they felt soo lost because they are used to the standard color convention in Visual Studio.

Eventually I've moved back to the default visual studio theme and prefer it - every code sample I read online (with colour style) read a lot more easier for me now. The only thing I have changed is the background from white to around #f5f5f5 .... it makes the white a little more easier on the eyes.

Answer 3

Success at last. If you install the Productivity Power Tools addin (http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef)

From version 10.0.10819.19 onwards you get a new option. Namely Colorized Parameter Help which allows you to customize the colors of the parameters and their types.

Excellent, now I can actually see the types of the parameters in the tooltips. Here is some description of the feature that can be found at the link above.

Colorized Parameter Help

This extension improves consistency with the editor by applying syntax highlighting to the contents of the Parameter Help window for C# &VB. Please note: Syntax highlighting colors can be customized using the display items prefixed with “Signature Help” in the “Fonts and Colors” menu.

Colorized Parameter Help

There are now specific Fonts & Colors settings to allow you to configure the display of items in Parameter Help. This will allow users with dark backgrounds to be able to customize these to readable.