PhpStorm - Can't add a theme

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I'm student and I got the free latest version of PhpStorm 9 (build PS-141.1912). I tried to add a theme and color scheme to PhpStorm so I put my theme (.icls file) in the C:\Users\me\.WebIde90\colors folder:

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Then I restarted PhpStorm, but I can't see my theme:

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Afghanistan answered 2/8, 2015 at 5:48 Comment(0)

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Based on your screenshot and your info, you have placed them in ~\.WebIde90\colors while it should be ~\.WebIde90\config\colors (where ~ is your user home folder -- typically C:\Users\USERNAME).

In general:
A file with Color Schema (*.icls) should be put into appropriate folder and then IDE should be restarted if it was running by that time (as such stuff gets checked only on launch).

Windows: C:\Users\USERNAME\.IDE_FOLDER\config\colors
Linux: ~/.IDE_FOLDER/config/colors
Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/IDE_FOLDER/colors

Where IDE_FOLDER is the <ProductName><Version> -- e.g. PhpStorm2016.2 for the latest stable version of PhpStorm (2016.2.2).

More info on folders: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs

P.S.
If Color Schema comes as *.jar file then use File | Import Setting...

Please also note that these editor themes are for syntax highlighting mainly and can be changed at Settings/Preferences | Editor | Colors & Fonts.

This has nothing to do with GUI Theme (also known as LAF -- Look and Feel -- styling the actual GUI elements) which is a separate thing and available at Settings/Preferences | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance.

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Instead of going into Settings/Preferences .. you can use View | Quick Switch Scheme... to quickly change between various schemas (colors/keymaps/code styles/etc.)

Calm answered 2/8, 2015 at 10:6 Comment(3)

Thanks a lot, this solution solved my problem. I had this ~\.WebIde90\colors folder created, so i put my files in this wrong folder. – Afghanistan 2/8, 2015 at 15:5

so how did you add the theme after that? I am wondering myself – Keenan 14/10, 2015 at 4:42

@Calm - i finally found the option via the settings/preferences route - deleted my original comment – Untrue 2/12, 2016 at 15:36

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In PhpStorm 2016.1 it will be ~\.PhpStorm2016.1\config\colors (where ~ is your user home folder - typically C:\Users\USERNAME).

Lumbricalis answered 22/4, 2016 at 22:11 Comment(0)

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