Basic4Android v1.8 Color Schemes

COBRASoft · Jan 9, 2012

Hi,

This thread is all about color schemes in B4A. Since v1.8 it is possible to change the colors of the editor. This can be done manually in the 'B4A.xml' file, which can be found in your B4A installation folder.

Erel: is there a way to change the color of the line numbers and the closed regions? Also the line color between methods should be changeable.

I've attached a first example of this coloring. Please check the zip for a complete screenshot.

B4X:

<!-- Highlighting Styles -->    
    <Styles>
        <Style Key="IdeBackground" ForeColor="#1E3C4B"/>
        <Style Key="DefaultStyle" ForeColor="WHITE"/>
        <Style Key="GlobalVariablesStyle" ForeColor="#F2E6AB"/>
        <Style Key="ReservedWordStyle" ForeColor="#72C1E2" />
        <Style Key="NumberStyle" ForeColor="#F9BC7E" />
        <Style Key="TypeWordStyle" ForeColor="#00B7EB" />
        <Style Key="StringDefaultStyle" ForeColor="#F9BC7E" />
        <Style Key="CommentDefaultStyle" ForeColor="#52A146" />
        <Style Key="PreProcessorDirectiveKeywordStyle" Name="Pre-Processor Directive Keyword" ForeColor="#E0D000" />
    </Styles>

Greetings,
Sigurd

vb1992 · Jan 9, 2012

It would be nice to change the background color of the IDE of any given project, sometimes I have 5 projects opened up at once, and If I was able to set a few of the background colors to different colors, it would be easier to remember visually which one I am in.

I'll have 3 camera projects going on at once, so I have to
figure out which is the latest I am currently working on...etc

Erel · Jan 9, 2012

I've added the following elements:
LineNumber, ContentDivider, ToolTipBackground

COBRASoft · Jan 9, 2012

Thx Erel!

COBRASoft · Jan 9, 2012

Erel, is it possible to change the highlightcolor of variables and undeclared ones? Cyan on yellow is not readable .

Any idea when the next build will be available of this beta? I really like it!

Erel · Jan 10, 2012

I've added another several options:

B4X:

   <Styles>
      <Style Key="IdeBackground" ForeColor="White"/>
      <Style Key="ContentDivider" ForeColor="ControlDark"/>
      <Style Key="LineNumber" ForeColor="Teal" />
      <Style Key="ToolTipBackground" ForeColor="Info" />
      <Style Key="DefaultStyle" ForeColor="Black"/>
      <Style Key="GlobalVariablesStyle" ForeColor="#6600CC"/>
      <Style Key="ReservedWordStyle" ForeColor="Blue" />
      <Style Key="NumberStyle" ForeColor="Purple" />
      <Style Key="TypeWordStyle" ForeColor="DarkCyan" />
      <Style Key="StringDefaultStyle" ForeColor="Maroon" />
      <Style Key="CommentDefaultStyle" ForeColor="Green" />
      <Style Key="SelectionHighlight" ForeColor="PaleTurquoise" />
      <Style Key="ReferenceHighlight" ForeColor="#00FFEF" />
      <Style Key="UndeclaredIdentifier" ForeColor="Red" />
      <Style Key="PreProcessorDirectiveKeywordStyle" Name="Pre-Processor Directive Keyword" ForeColor="Gray" />
   </Styles>

The next beta will be released today.

We will have a separate thread for custom themes once the final version is released.

vb1992 · Jan 10, 2012

Will we be able to load a custom theme per project?

So if I have three projects opened at the same time,
I can load theme1, theme2, theme3 for different
project ide windows?

:icon_clap:

Erel · Jan 10, 2012

I can load theme1, theme2, theme3 for different
project ide windows?

Not with this version. You can however make multiple copies of Basic4android on your computer and configure them differently.

vb1992 · Jan 10, 2012

great workaround idea, thanks!

COBRASoft · Jan 10, 2012

Erel, Thank you for adding these. At first sight, I'm missing 'ToolTipParameterColor'. This is now white in my colorscheme on the lightyellow background... Kinda hard to read . Greetings, Sigurd

Erel · Jan 10, 2012

Do you mean the ToolTip text color?

I will check it.

COBRASoft · Jan 11, 2012

Sample tooltip

Hey Erel,

Here is an example of a tooltip. Look at the white parameters.

Greetings,
Sigurd

Erel · Jan 11, 2012

ToolTipTextColor will also be included.

COBRASoft · Jan 11, 2012

Great, thanks!

COBRASoft · Jan 11, 2012

Erel, perhaps you could place all the color settings in a seperate XML file. This would make it easier to share them.

It would also be interesting if we could use our own name for the XML file (for sharing). In the IDE we could select the colorscheme we want to use. This could probably also solve the problem of multiple open projects?

Erel · Jan 11, 2012

Maybe in a future version...

You should not share the complete file. Only the <Styles> element.

COBRASoft · Jan 11, 2012

Yes, my suggestion was for a future version. Sharing only the styles seems logic.

Great job on 1.78, works great here!

COBRASoft · Jan 11, 2012

Dark Blue Color Scheme

Here is a soft colorscheme, works best on IPS monitors

B4X:

<Styles>
        <Style Key="IdeBackground" ForeColor="#1D314C"/>
        <Style Key="ContentDivider" ForeColor="#C2D5DC"/>
        <Style Key="LineNumber" ForeColor="#58859B" />
        <Style Key="ToolTipBackground" ForeColor="#36598A" />
        <Style Key="DefaultStyle" ForeColor="#F0F0F0"/>
        <Style Key="GlobalVariablesStyle" ForeColor="#D8CFA0"/>
        <Style Key="ReservedWordStyle" ForeColor="#9CC4D2" />
        <Style Key="NumberStyle" ForeColor="#F4AF82" />
        <Style Key="TypeWordStyle" ForeColor="#45B6DC" />
        <Style Key="StringDefaultStyle" ForeColor="#F4AF82" />
        <Style Key="CommentDefaultStyle" ForeColor="#85DE6D" />
        <Style Key="SelectionHighlight" ForeColor="#2B70B6" />
        <Style Key="ReferenceHighlight" ForeColor="#E0E0E0" />
        <Style Key="UndeclaredIdentifier" ForeColor="#FF1E1E" />
        <Style Key="PreProcessorDirectiveKeywordStyle" Name="Pre-Processor Directive Keyword" ForeColor="#FFE5C2" />
</Styles>

CharlesIPTI · Jun 14, 2012

HURTs

Getting older finally need reading glasses, took for granted the ability to wheel / scroll mouse Zoom into most text editors so someone might appreciate my little xml change..

B4A was giving me eye strain enough to whip up these little changes

Rename your old one rename this one to Xml
black IDE small color changes
enough to get you started on your own preferences

Roger Garstang · Jun 15, 2012

Liked everything in that but text/Strings in quotes and numbers. I made my text Green and my numbers Magenta.

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