Dark Theme for Visual Studio 2010 With Productivity Power Tools

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Visual Studio-2010 Problem Overview


There's a lot of new things going on in the Productivity Power Tools extensions, and I find that many of the new features come with very weird color combinations, that many times make the text completely illegible. I assume this is because I've previously set a dark theme for Visual Studio, and some, but not all, of the settings that affect the extension have been changed.

Are there any good dark themes out there that have been put together after the Productivity Tools Extension was published, that create a unified color theme for both VS and the extension features?

Clarification: This question is not about color schemes for code, such as those found at studiostyles. I'm talking about color schemes that apply to the development environment itself; toolboxes, menus, tooltips, windows, buttons...

Visual Studio-2010 Solutions


Solution 1 - Visual Studio-2010

  1. Install the Visual Studio Color Theme Editor extension:
  2. Make your own color scheme or try: The Dark Expression Blend Color Theme (preview below)
  3. Once you have that, you'll want schemes for the text editor as well. This site has several, including the VS2012 "dark" theme implemented for VS2010.

Visual Studio 2010 with Dark Theme

Solution 2 - Visual Studio-2010

There is a style that I've created based on dark style from VS 2015 to use on my VS 2010. You can download this style from Dark Style from VS 2015.

After download it, just import through menu Tools -> Import and Export Settings...

Solution 3 - Visual Studio-2010

So, I tested above themes and found out none of them are showing proper color combination when using Productivity Power Tools in Visual Studio.
Ultimately, being a fan of dark themes, I created one myself which is fully supported from VS2005 to VS2013.
Here's the screenshot

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Download this dark theme from here: Obsidian Meets Visual Studio

To use this theme go to Tools -> Import and Export Setting... -> import selected environment settings -> (optional to save current settings) -> Browse select and then Finish.

Solution 4 - Visual Studio-2010

Not sure if any of these help, but this might get you started: http://studiostyles.info

I know that the site owner has been gradually adding functionality to allow support for new color assignments, so perhaps there's something there.

Solution 5 - Visual Studio-2010

You can also try this handy online tool, which generates .vssettings file for you.

Visual Studio Color Theme Generator

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