How can I make my Visual Studio look like this?

Question

My eyes kind of burn when I code for too long and this will definitely help me sooth them. I would ask this in SuperUser but there are few people from the dev world there. Mostly Windows Vista/7 savvy people.

I know someone can help me out here. :D

Thanks SO!

Answer 1

You can change the settings in:

tools > options > environment > fonts and colors

Answer 2

You can just customize the settings to do this.

Many people have made dark "themes" such as this, and have the settings exported (so you can directly import them).

Here is one example.

Answer 3

Check out this post by Scott Hanselman for details http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioProgrammerThemesGallery.aspx

Answer 4

You can use themes. A good post on that can be found here

Answer 5

As others have stated, you'll need to customize your Visual Studio settings.

If you're interested, I have a Visual Studio dark theme that is similar to your pic (works with ReSharper as well).

Answer 6

Okay, I liked the looks of your screenshot so much that I went ahead and created a theme out of it:

You can download the .vssettings file off my blog, and import the settings in Visual Studio using Tools -> Import and Export Settings.

If you can provide any more information on where you got that screenshot, I'd love to credit the original.

Answer 7

Write code in IronPython and use this Wombat color scheme port for Visual Studio ;)