How to Make PHPStorm / Intellij IDEA Dark (Whole IDE, not just color scheme)

Intellij IdeaPhpstormWebstorm

Intellij Idea Problem Overview

I've just downloaded the new PHPStorm EAP, and noticed this screenshot:

PHPStorm Dark

And I like it very much. Thing is, I can't find any option to make my install looks like this. I know about color scheme, but AFAIK it only change the text editor's color. How can I make my install to look like that? (The screenshot is taken from the EAP site).

Intellij Idea Solutions

Solution 1 - Intellij Idea

Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance | Theme = Darcula

P.S. Since IntelliJ IDEA v14 / WebStorm v9 / PhpStorm v8.0.2 (and any other IDEs on branch 139.xxx or newer) the settings path is a bit different:

Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance & Behaviour | Appearance | Theme = Darcula

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Solution 2 - Intellij Idea

> View -> Quick Switch Theme -> Switch Look And Feel -> Darcula

and Restart the IDEA if changes do not become apparent.

Solution 3 - Intellij Idea

Download and enable ColorIDE.

> Preferences > Plugins > "Browse repositories..." button > search for "ColorIde"

Instead of being limited to the standard 4 themes that come with the IDE, ColorIDE plugin will give your IDE the same look and feel as your current color scheme.

Solution 4 - Intellij Idea

Use Material UI

If Darcula isn't darker enough, you can use a plugin called Material UI.

A screenshot of Material UI

They also have many other colors like deep blue, marine blue, etc.

Link to Material Theme UI

Solution 5 - Intellij Idea

On Mac the title bar of every window (both main and popup dialoges) will remain the typical Mac grayish color, even using the Darcula theme. But you can actually make it dark as well.

Using any Jetbrain IDE (including DataGrip), press Shift + Ctrl + A (PC) or Shift + Cmd + A (Mac). This will open the command palette where you can find Registry:

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Open the registry and find the key ide.mac.allowDarkDindowDecorations:

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Enable this, close the registry and restart the IDE.

Solution 6 - Intellij Idea

In Preferences > Editor > Colors & Fonts, pick a dark scheme and the IDE will ask you if you want to switch the whole IDE to a dark scheme:

dialog

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