I would like my caret in sublime text 3 to have a custom hex color attached to it so it is easier to see. Is there a plug in that I can download to achieve this feature or do I haft to edit the theme file? If I need to edit the theme file how should I do that and achieve a successful result.
SublimeText theme files are XML, so you can just find and edit the following chunk
<key>caret</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string> # change this to the color you want
Otherwise, if you prefer a more GUI approach you can have a look at TMTheme Editor
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I'm pretty new in Sublime Text 3, and I know it allows for a wide customization.
I would like to know how I could make some part of the text bold, italic or underlined, or even coloured, when I'm writing a plain text. It may sound dumb, but I have no idea how to do it and whether I can do it.
Thank you!
Your best bet is to use the MarkdownPreview plugin combined with the LiveReload plugin to display Markdown text written in Sublime as HTML displayed in your web browser. Unfortunately there isn't anything at this time that can display rendered HTML or Markdown in Sublime itself.
EDIT Apparently there is also MarkdownLivePreview, which I wasn't aware of before. I haven't tested it yet, but it's very popular, so you might want to try it.
I work on 3 different repositories at the same time and I want to have a sublime project for each with the same theme except with different tab colors so I can quickly identify which is which. I am trying to use darkside-contrast from Dayle Color Schemes.
I opened up the darkside-contrast.tmTheme and it is an xml and I tried editing all of the colors but cannot figure out which one controls the tab colors.
I see that there are some settings like sheet_container_control that may be useful, but I am not sure what to do with this or where I can find a full list of parameters in a sublime theme. Do I edit the tmTheme xml or do I need some sort of JSON file to specify tab color? Can I use the sublime-project file to specify this for each project?
I would also like to shrink the tab heights. Any pointers would be great. Thanks
For project multitasking, I'd suggest you simply add each project folder on a separate sublime window sidebar and switch between them. This way each indexed project will be a breeze to browse through (CTRL+T or CMD+T on mac) without any unwanted files from other projects.
Related topic if you wish to check (it's not limited to just Monokai theme but also shows how to create your own theme file with the specific setting you wish to tweak): How to change Sublime Text 2 selected tab color
For reduced tab height, you could use Afterglow's theme small tabs JSON settings (biggest size is set by default, add a comma at the end of true if more settings are listed):
{
"tabs_small": true
}
How can I change the default highlight colour in Sublime Text 3? I used to know how find a highlight key in one of the theme files in ST2 but things changed quite on ST3. Are they in the library somewhere? "Preference >> Browse Package" is almost empty.
You can see which theme you are using by going to
Preferences>Colour Scheme
and see which one is ticked.
Open the theme file and find the key that says:
<key>selection</key>
Go to a site that shows hex colour codes (like this one http://html-color-codes.com/) and find the code for the colour you want. Then sub your new colour code into the line below the selection key in the theme file, replacing the old hex colour code.
Save the modified theme file and it should work straight away.
EDIT
Install PackageResourceViewer plugin using package control. Open the command palette with ⌘⇧P (for windows/linux CtrlShiftP) and type prv to get the PackageResourceViewer options. Choose Open Resource >>Theme- YourTheme >> and edit your theme file
Tony Vincent's answer is excellent, and I would also add that if changing the selection color makes the selected text difficult to read, selectionForeground is the key to change. For example:
<key>selectionForeground</key>
<string>#000000</string>
With the new .sublime-color-scheme format, it's a global setting key named line_highlight
e.g.
{
"name": "My colour scheme",
"globals":
{
"background": "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
"foreground": "#aaaaaa",
"caret": "red",
"line_highlight": "#222222"
},
}
I have create a customize color scheme for sublime 3.
The file like this.
Now I want to take effect in my sublime 3. But I don't know where should I put this file in. And how to let it work.
Run sublime text and Preferences -> Browse Packages and put your file in folder User. Restart sublime. Installed color schemes can be turned off from the menu Preferences -> Color Scheme. I think that should help.
Is there any color selector in Aptana? I mean, like the one that Dreamweaver displays when you are trying to choose an hexadecimal color, a small box of pre-defined colours. Thank you!
If you are editing a .css file, you can find a color picker at Commands->CSS->Insert color
There is no option for Aptana by default. Someone is developing one, according a blog post in aptanastudio (http://aptanastudio.tenderapp.com/discussions/questions/826-color-picker-css-editor) , but you can use an online tool like Chroma (http://lucumalabs.com/chroma/) instead