CLion 2017.1 Help

Colors and Fonts

File | Settings | Editor | Colors and Fonts for Windows and Linux
CLion | Preferences | Editor | Colors and Fonts for macOS
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Scheme

Use this section to select the Colors and Fonts scheme. CLion suggests several pre-defined schemes, one of them being the default.

ItemDescription
SchemeFrom this drop-down list, select the Colors & Fonts scheme to use in your workspace.
/help/img/idea/2017.1/cogwheel_black_with_arrow.pngClick this button to reveal the submenu of the following choices:
  • Duplicate: choose this command to save the currently selected Colors & Fonts settings as a new scheme.
  • Reset: choose this command to reset the selected color scheme to the initial defaults shipped with CLion.
  • Delete: choose this command to delete the current scheme. Note that the default color schemes cannot be deleted, and this command is available for copies only!

Scheme settings

Use the corresponding pages to change font type, colors and highlighting for the supported languages, consoles, debugger, version control, differences viewer, file statuses, and scopes. Note that besides color settings, highlighting is determined by your Inspection Profile. For example, if you do not want unused symbols to be highlighted, turn off the Unused Symbol inspection in the profile being used.

Choose specific nested page, and configure as required.

PageDescription
FontUse this page to define the family of the font to be used in the editor, its size, and line spacing.
GeneralUse this page to customize the font type and colors for the editor textual components, specified in the list.
Language defaultsUse this page to customize the default settings that are common to all the supported languages, for the selected textual components, specified in the list, semantic highlighting that helps you tell the parameters at a glance, etc.
Refer to these examples.
Console ColorsUse this page to define the colors to be used in the run or debug console (see Run Tool Window, Debug Tool Window. Console ).
Console FontUse this page to define the family of the font to be used in the run or debug console, its size, and line spacing (see Run Tool Window , Debug Tool Window. Console ).
CustomUse this page to customize the font type and colors in user-defined file types , in particular, for custom keywords highlighting.
VCSUse this page to customize the colors of the left gutter markers and VCS annotations. To change color of any VCS component, click the corresponding color swatch to show the Color Picker dialog, and select the desired color.
File StatusUse this page to customize font type and colors to visually denote the current file status with regards to a VCS repository.
By ScopeUse this page to customize colors and highlighting for different scopes.

To edit a scope, click the Edit Scopes button below the pane with a list of existing scopes. The Scopes dialog box opens.

Languages and CLion componentsUse these pages to customize font type and colors for the corresponding file types and the CLion components.

See Also

Last modified: 19 July 2017