Displaying a Light or Dark Development Environment Theme

You can set a pre‑defined light or dark color mode in the Jade Platform development environment so that you can select a dark theme if you prefer the dark color set that reduces excessive brightness. The Jade development environment also provides a default Jade theme and dark and light skins.

A Jade theme consists of:

• A name

• The Window colors

• The Editor colors

• The Relationship colors

The Window sheet of the Preferences dialog in the Jade Platform development environment enables you to:

• Change between a light theme or a dark theme. (The Editor sheet and the sample list box in the Window sheet reflect the selected theme.)

• Select from dark and light versions of skins; for example. Jade Lava Lamp Dark and Jade Lava Lamp.

• Add, edit, reset, or remove a user‑defined theme.

When you click the OK button on the Preferences dialog, the entire development environment is updated to reflect the selected theme.

The Miscellaneous sheet enables you to import or export a user‑defined theme. (These options are not available on the administrative Jade Installation Preferences dialog, as they are user-specific.)

For details about maintaining your user preferences, see "Setting User Preferences", later in this chapter.

To set a theme

1. Select the Preferences command from the Options menu to open the Preferences dialog, and then click the Window tab of the Window sheet.

2. Select the Light Mode or Dark Mode option button in the Color Mode group box.

   The Select Jade Theme combo box is then populated with all available themes of the selected light or dark mode.

3. Select the light or dark theme that you require.

   The colors listed on the Window, Editor, and Relationship sheets and the sample list at the right of the Editor sheet are updated to reflect the selected theme.

4. Click the OK button if you want to apply the selected theme and update your user profile. Alternatively press Esc or click the Cancel button so that the selected theme is not applied and the current theme remains selected in the combo box and the colors remain as they were.

2020.0.01 and higher