Zed Editor Theme-Builder
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Zed Editor Theme-Builder
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Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#2This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme.
The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#3This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme. The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
Try this one, it’s my recent favourite and very polished: https://zed.dev/extensions/amp-theme
Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#4This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme. The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
Try this one, it’s my recent favourite and very polished: https://zed.dev/extensions/amp-theme
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Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#5Finally, I can reasonably get something truly high contrast and not just close to it as the current offerings are. This is a little thing, but Zed continues to keep getting so many things right that it has gone from “interesting” to “my preferred editor” after 15 years in vim. The git “follow mode” has been especially great transitioning into heavy usage of LLMs in development. Happy to see the team continues to just get more little things right.
Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#6This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme. The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
Try this one, it’s my recent favourite and very polished: https://zed.dev/extensions/amp-theme
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Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#7This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme. The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
It's not just you and it's not just Zed. Dark themes tend to be low contrast gray on gray.
I usually look for a dark theme that looks good and then make a custom version with darker the background colors and brighter the foreground colors.
Maybe it's time for to start publishing high contrast dark themes instead of just fixing it for myself.
Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#8Zed is "almost there" for me.
The theme builder is good and easy to use, and I only needed a few minutes to make my own.
Syntax coloring is almost there, but still lacking (I use C/C++) Small visual adjustment like line height in the UI text is not configurable enough (only two settings)
Scrolling should have a smooth option, nothing prevents it, it should be super easy to add, I find it easier on the eyes when I move around code, especially on a 240Hz monitor.
The editing experience is good, quick launch, no crashes, responsive, not too memory hungry.
Re: Zed Editor Theme-Builder
#9This feels shallow, but one of the biggest things keeping me from using zed is the lack of a good default dark theme. The defaults all feel very low contrast, gray on gray that makes the experience feel dull and off putting to me, even if the editor itself is great.
It should take less than a minute to install a nice, high contrast dark theme, if you just search for the theme inside the Extensions window in Zed.
But I understand your point, no reason for it not to come with a couple good high contrast dark themes.
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#10I'm extremely glad to see something like this. I've tried to use Zed so many times, and this might sound neurotic -- but there are just so many little theming things that make a difference to me.
For example, https://imgur.com/a/ia2GCgg -- top is VSCode, bottom is Zed. Both using Svelte, and using a similar theme.
- Angle brackets are a different color
- Capitalized built-in components are a different color
- Boolean props are a different color
- Brackets are colored differently than text.
The inspector is a game changer, clicking into these specific things in the preview they provide is super helpful.