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Scheme
Use this section to select the Colors and Fonts scheme. IntelliJ IDEA suggests several pre-defined schemes, one of them being the default.
- The selected scheme applies to the editor only!
- Refer to the section Configuring Colors and Fonts for details.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Scheme name | From this drop-down list, select the Colors & Fonts scheme to use in your workspace. Note that you can edit a default color scheme, same as a custom scheme. |
| Save As | Click this button to save the currently selected Colors & Fonts settings as a new scheme. |
| Delete | Click this button to delete the current scheme. Note that the default color schemes cannot be deleted! |
| Reset | Click this button to reset color scheme to initial defaults shipped with IntelliJ IDEA. |
| Import | Click this button to import the desired color scheme from an external file (supported formats depend on the installed IDE extensions). . |
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.
| Page | Description |
|---|---|
| Font | Use this page to define the family of the font to be used in the editor, its size, and
line spacing.
In the Editor Font area you can configure primary and secondary fonts, their size and line spacing. The options in the Editor Font section can be modified in the editable schemes only. For the default schemes, all the controls are disabled! Change the following options:
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| General | Use this page to customize the font type and colors for the editor textual components, specified in the list. |
| Console Colors | Use this page to define the colors to be used in the run or debug console (see Run Tool Window , Debug Tool Window. Console ). |
| Console Font | Use 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 ).
In the Console Font area you can configure primary and secondary fonts, their size and line spacing. The options in the Console Font section can be modified in the editable schemes only. For the default schemes, all the controls are disabled! Change the following options:
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| Custom | Use this page to customize the font type and colors in user-defined file types , in particular, for custom keywords highlighting. |
| VCS | Use 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 Status | Use this page to customize font type and colors to visually denote the current file status with regards to a VCS repository. |
| By Scope | Use this page to customize colors and highlighting for
class members assigned to various 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 IntelliJ IDEA components | Use these pages to customize font type and colors for the corresponding file types and the IntelliJ IDEA components. |
. Note that
this feature depends on the selected fonts.