XIDE Dark Mode?

[mindfulvector]

Would it be possible for a dark mode to be added to XIDE, along with color schemes for the editor?

I have setup a custom dark color set for the editor but this makes the find in files panel, for example, very hard to use since it does not use the background editor color.

A minimal fix would be to setup that panel (and any others, if there are others, that use the foreground syntax highlighting colors) to use the background color assigned for the editor component.

Since I spend nearly all day every day in XIDE (at work and at home), I would really appreciate it if this or a complete dark mode was added!

[Irwin]

Hi mindfulvector,

Do you like this style?



If so, go to the download section and download the "Xide Plugins from Irwin". Here's the direct link: https://www.xsharp.eu/itm-downloads/dow ... s_v002.zip

Inside the ZIP you'll find a folder called wxPlugins, follow the README instructions to place the files in the proper folder and start XIDE.

There's a lot of themes to chose from, I hope you find the correct one that fix your needs.



Irwin.

[mindfulvector]

Oh that is very nice, thank you!

[mindfulvector]

Hmm, none of the plugins in that particular download seem to include this menu, unless I am mistaken or there is some loading issue with my version of XIDE?

[Irwin]

You're right. The wxThemes.json is not included in the zipped folder. Please use the version I've attached and let me know if it works.

Irwin.

[mindfulvector]

I was never able to get the wxThemes plugin to work unfortunately.

@Chris: Would it be possible for XIDE to use the code editor's background color for the search results panel? Currently if I set my colors to any kind of light-on-dark setup, it renders bright colors on a white background in the search results, making them very hard to read:

[Chris]

Hi Isaac,

Agreed, makes sense to use the background color also for the find results painting, will do that now.

Regarding the themes plugin, are you getting any error, or simply the menu items are not available? Did you put the plugin dll in the XIDE\Plugins folder?

[mindfulvector]

The menu items don't seem to appear anywhere in my XIDE menu. I tried 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

I put the DLL files and the .json file into the Plugins directory, so I have:

Code: Select all

PS C:\Bin\XIDE24\Plugins> dir


    Directory: C:\Bin\XIDE24\Plugins


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----         1/10/2026  11:37 AM          17920 wxEditorKit.dll
-a----         1/10/2026  11:37 AM           7168 wxFindReferences.dll
-a----         1/10/2026  11:37 AM          12800 wxGuidGenerator.dll
-a----         1/10/2026  11:37 AM          47681 wxThemes.json

[Chris]

HI Isaac,

Which XIDE version are you using? Could be an older one, while the plugin depends on some functionality which was added later.

[mindfulvector]

The Help > About XIDE item shows version 2.24, Build June 2025.