Dark theme is available in AS 12

[veeresh.suranagi]

Hi
I want to select Dark theme instead of white or grey theme in Automation studio.

Please clarify & help me how to select dark theme in AS software.

[alexander.hefner]

Hi,

there’s no “official dark scheme”, but please have a look here (I assume you mean AS 4.12):

Dark Theme for Automation Studio

Hello community, if someone prefers coding in Dark Theme GUIs, there are two available themes that sort of transform Automation Studio to a dark theme. You can find them here: or you can add your own spin to it like I have: [image] I have also uploaded alternative icons with light colors, which are otherwise difficult to see. Icons.zip (598 Bytes) These can be found in the installation folder of Automation Studio, i.e. C:\Program Files\BRAutomation4\AS412\AS\Images I recommend backing…

Best regards.

[oliver_D]

In addition to @alexander.hefner post the only official AS version with dark theme will be “AS Code”

[Transistorfips (J.)]

Hello Alex,
trying to simply copy Editor.set into “C:\Users\kai_m\AppData\Roaming\BR\AS412 de” on a Win11 machine with AS4.12.6.106 isn’t working for me.
I have seen the older version of Editor.set (size 12kb) in the folder so I assume I copied the new file (which is way greater with 527kb) into the right folder. However no changing of the color theme after a restart of Auto Studio has been doing. Any idea why this file is ignored?

[alexander.hefner]

Hi @Transistorfips ,

I just did a quick test with my installation, which is AS 4.12.9.18 english (so my path is C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\BR\AS412) → that worked as expected.

I’m surprised by the file size you mentioned (527k)? I can’t swear, but for me it sounds that it’s a much to big size for the normal editor.set.
The editor.set file in all settings I have is something around 12-15kByte, not more.
Additionally I checked the two files of the github repos linked above: they are in that range, too.

So could you please check your editor.set file, if it’s the / a right one? It should be a plain text file with XML content.

BG Alex

[Transistorfips (J.)]

Something went south while copying the 527kb file from the github repo. However, it contained xml code. But you’re right, the size is abt. 14kb.
Then I c&p the code from automation-studio-editor-dark/Editor.set at main · boaz001/automation-studio-editor-dark · GitHub into the file. No effect. Did you tested the same file?

I then did a test by changing the fontsize in the editor and I have seen the timestamp of Editor.set changed to actual time.
I think the prob is somewhere else. Have to do deeper research.

Anyway, thanks for your help. I appreciate your fast response.

J.

[Transistorfips (J.)]

@alexander.hefner

AS412

There was some confusion about the user account on my local machine. Now it works flawlessly.

Thanks for your help, Alex.

[alexander.hefner]

@Transistorfips

Did you tested the same file?

Just not to leave it unanswered I tested both files.

Happy to hear that it works now!
BG Alex