Tom’s dark DW dark code colorization for Dreamweaver
04 Jul
Are you coding in Dreamweaver and don’t like the default light code colorization? I created dark background color theme for Dreamweaver. I took inspiration from Green Chaud theme for Aptana IDE.
List of supported formats:
UPDATE 0.9.1 – added ColdFusion, ColdFusion component
- CSS
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- XML
- Java
- JSP
- ActionScript
- WML
- ColdFusion
- ColdFusion component
All you need to do is to download Tom’s dark DW theme XML file and follow instructions below.
Windows XP users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS4\configuration\CodeColoring\
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
Dreamweaver CS3
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration\CodeColoring\
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
Windows 7 users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration\CodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
MacOS users
Dreamweaver CS4
- Close Dreamweaver
- Go to /Users/%name%/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4/%localization(en_US)%/Configuration/CodeColoring
- Find and backup file Colors.xml
- Copy file colors.xml downloaded from this site
- Change default background color to #4D4D4D (edit –> preferences –> code coloring)
Has it been confirmed that this does in fact work for CFM and CFC pages? I have not been able to get it to work similar to Steve Caldwell.
This is Awesome. But I was wondering if you knew how to take this further. What I mean is. Can you make a brand new Color Scheme for a new file format. Let’s a new scheme for all .htacess files or any other file that isn’t currently supported by DW.
It doesn’t work at all for me, why?? what am i doing wrong? i really want this color theme. help!!!!!!!!!!
Wow this is nice! Thanks a million for saving me about 2 hours resetting my syntax highlighting!
Thanks a lot! awesome resource
Awesome! Thanks a bunch! Great job!
wow… thank you so much for the post. you are one very talented gangsta and i truly admire your work. maybe your footer overuses text-shadowing, but other than that, i do hope i can be you in my next life
Good color I liked it, my BBEdit has almost the same colour.
Cheers
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SWEEEEET!!!! Wondering though if you have a download for the original/default “Colors.xml”???…..seeing as how I started changing colors all willy-nilly before I found your site and before I realized there wasn’t a “Restore Default” button to click in Dreamweaver.
You can find the original Colors.xml file in the [install-dir]/Configuration/CodeColoring/ folder.
Hello, thank you for these nice color schema
it works on cs3 too
Great little tutorial! thanks a bunch
Thanks so much!
Hi, just want to know if this works with Dreamweaver CS5? it seems there were a lot of changes and my current scheme which I believe this one is a bit messy.
Yes, this still works in CS5.
This needs to support ascx pages as well.
Awesome!
You da man.
Works perfect on CS4 Mac.
I personally use #111 for background, a bit more contrast fits better to me
Yes I am mental but where is the download link?
Never mind, found it.
Seriously lovely. Saves so much time, and potentially eyestrain too (it only took me four years of peering into code to realize the colors may/should need altering.)
I disagree about ascx support, btw. No one needs to support that anymore (oye…)
Thanks very much for the colors.