Manage themes

UltraEdit supports full theming of the application colors. The Manage Themes dialog is used to modify, create, delete, and import/export (open and save) themes.

The Manage Themes dialog has three major sections of color settings (activated via the tabs near the top of the dialog):

1. Application - color settings for main application controls like the ribbon, dockable windows, file tabs, etc.
2. Editor - color settings for the items within the main edit window.
3. Syntax - color settings for syntax highlighting.

Theme controls

The theme controls at the top and bottom of the Manage Themes dialog include the following components.

Theme drop down
The theme drop down allows you to select any of the installed themes for modifying, deleting, exporting, etc.

Add theme button
This button opens a sub-menu with two options:

1. Add new theme: This opens the "New theme" dialog where you can enter the name of the new theme, as well as choose an existing theme to inherit settings from as a "starting point" for the new theme. By default, the active theme is automatically selected. Click OK to create the new theme, and it will be automatically activated in the Theme drop down for to begin modifying its settings.
2. Add existing theme: This opens a file browser dialog where you can select an existing theme file to add to UltraEdit's themes. The selected theme will then be copied to your UltraEdit configuration directory and the Theme drop down will automatically switch to the newly imported theme. The active theme will not actually be changed until you click Apply or OK.

Delete theme button
This removes the active / selected theme from UltraEdit (the theme file is deleted). This is not available for the default themes.

Export theme button
This opens a file browser dialog where you can save the active theme with a unique name. The name you provide to the exported file is the name that will be used for the theme when it is imported.

Revert theme button
This resets the active theme to its defaults, erasing any user modifications. This is only available for the default themes.

Preview changes button
This toggle allows you to preview theme changes in the main application in real time. When this is toggled on, you can preview modifications to a theme as you make them and then toggle this off to see the changes compared to current settings.

Application theme settings

The "Application" tab of the Manage Themes dialog allows you to configure color and style settings for elements related to the application window and those elements that compose its framework.

"Application style" drop down	Allows you to select and apply an OS-provided application window and framework theme style. These styles cannot be modified, as they are defined and provided exclusively by Windows.
"Set styles for "drop down	Allows you to select different areas / elements of the application framework to set colors and styles for (dockable windows, menus, toolbars, file tabs, and more).
Set font	If applicable for the selected item, the Set font... button will activate and allows you to set the font face, size, and style of text in the selected item.
Foreground/background swatch	Clicking the color swatch opens an OS color picker dialog which you can use to define the color of the selected item.

Editor theme settings

The "Editor" tab of the Manage Themes dialog allows you to configure color and style settings for elements related to the main edit window.

Foreground/background swatch	Clicking the color swatch opens an OS color picker dialog which you can use to define the color of the selected item.
Enable active line highlighting	If unchecked, active line highlighting is disabled. The color settings for active line are ignored.
Enable active column highlighting	If unchecked, active column highlighting is disabled. The color settings for active column are ignored.
Enable folded line background	If unchecked, the background highlighting of a folded line is disabled. The color settings for this are ignored.

Syntax theme settings

The "Syntax" tab of the Manage Themes dialog allows you to configure color and style settings for syntax highlighting.

Language drop down	Allows you to select the syntax highlighting language for which styles will be set. The language list is populated with the names of coding languages installed into the wordfiles folder. (You can easily add syntax highlighting languages.) Along with the defined languages, there is an All languages option that allows you to set global defaults for all syntax highlighting languages. These global defaults can be overridden on a per-language basis by selecting the language via this drop down and modifying its color setting(s) as needed.
Reset button	Reverts the selected syntax highlighting language's color and style settings for all language items back to the All languages defaults.
Foreground/background swatch	Clicking the color swatch opens an OS color picker dialog which you can use to define the color of the associated language item.
Enable background color checkbox	This checkbox is located just to the left of the background swatch. If checked, this will force a separate background color for the associated language item, overriding the theme's plain text background color setting in the "Editor" tab.
Font styles	Allows you to set font style (normal, bold, italic, or underline) for the associated language item.