Wow Ioa, it does look like Ulysses! Are you sure it’s not Ulysses??? 
Just kidding, I downloaded it and I’ll have fun with it. Thanks
This is spectacular! Thank you for sharing. I love being able to have different look and feel in my software
To L&L,
You folks are incredible. Thank you so much for the ability to tweak the software to our liking. You surely didn’t have to go [i]that[i]far beyond the update, but you did. And that shows a commitment to your users. I cannot wait to see what ya’ll come up with (I live in the southern US) as days go by.
Aw shucks! 
You’re welcome!
Adding my request for a DarkMode/Nighttime theme. I dont have time to fiddle myself.
Also, what about putting a Theme manager menu item in the Scrivener menu under preferences? Would make it much quicker to switch between themes.
Let’s try to keep this thread on posting themes we’ve made and commenting on those themes. There is a whole board for feature requests. Thank you!
Hi Amber, I visited the thread for those requesting a Dark/Night MODE. That idea was shot-down by KB and you directed another user to this thread about Themes, hence my posting here requesting a THEME, not necessarily from LL.
I can see I am very much not alone in this request. Grateful if someone can help create a suitable theme.
Seems that if someone at LL made such a Theme and shared it here and in the other threads requesting an actual MODE, that would satisfy your customers (many of whom, like myself, have been paying customers since you launched your software).
Sorry for the misunderstanding; part of my confusion originated from there already being a dark mode theme posted earlier by derick. I haven’t tried it out myself though.
That theme only changes the Binder.
Again, seeing as there will not be any forthcoming Dark/Night MODE from LL, if someone at LL were to create a THEME which could satisfy those who need some kind of solution, it would be very welcome. Thank you.
BTW, the Manage dropdown in Scrivener>Preferences allows us to ADD themes, but there is no apparent way to REMOVE them. Please advise.
I’m probably not the right person to do so. I’ve never really seen the point of making one window dark—if I need to rest my eyes I invert the whole screen. But mainly I don’t consider the Scrivener window capable of properly achieving “night” status all by itself. There are too many elements that cannot be modified, where the only recourse is to fully remove them or avoid ever using certain features like the inspector or toolbars. I can’t imagine using Scrivener without the inspector—hence why I think inverting the screen so that all software and all elements within them is darkened is a better solution.
To remove a theme use the Scrivener/Reveal Support Folder in Finder menu command and delete the file from the PreferencePresets subfolder. I’ll add a tip for this to the index post for this thread.
Hello there, the image you posted is part of a current dark theme? If so, is there a link to download it somewhere?
If the theme isn’t finished, I can help. I do themes for other apps and for the following couple of weeks I have spare time that could go to making a proper dark theme for the community.
Since I spend 12 hrs a day in front of a computer screen programming, and then try to write on any time left before going to bed, I’m very interested in this dark theme.
Happy holidays,
Kai
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These themes are amazing. Really looking forward to using them when Scrivener 3 for Windows comes around. I’ve always loved Scrivener’s customization capabilities and this only adds to it. Thanks Lit and Latte!
WGPearman
Here, I played around with the settings and saved a theme file. It is a dark theme file. Just change the font color of the main editor. Go the Scrivener>Preferences>load theme from file.
Scriv-Theme-Dark.stheme (158 KB)
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I created a blush and cream colored theme that’s a free download for subscribers.
greyzonepages.com/2018/12/20/sc … -resource/
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Salvete omnes,
I created my own Solarized theme today, which I now share with you.
BVasc-Solarized-Scriv-Theme.stheme (98.2 KB)
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Muito obrigado! I’ve updated the theme list on the first page for both of these new themes.
Não há de quê, Amber!
Besides, I am the one who should be thanking you and the other for this beautiful software and neat community.
Have you studied any Portuguese or close enough languages?
Also, a quick question about your Ulysses template/pref.: do I have to type md markup and manually add a style over it? Or once I type word something should happen on its own?
Close enough language, you might say. I live in Galicia, so I’m learning galego, more the rough and functional sort by immersion than study, but yes. It’s a lovely language; sounding quite similar to Brazilian (just don’t ask me to fathom a single word south of Porto! 
).
In the Ulysses template, you have to apply the style if you want text to look like that. Scrivener does not have format triggers, like many plain-text editors do (it’s a little expensive and difficult to do that in something more resembling a word processor). Personally I do a little Style+Markdown myself, though rarely for anything like bold or italics. I have a style I use for lists that adds a little hanging indent, so that individual list items are easier to recognise at a glance—stuff like that.
I don’t expect people to use those styles, but I put them in so that the colour palette used for them would be accessible.
Galícia?! This even better than I thought. Indeed, it is almost the same as portuguese and, in particular, brazilian portuguese. To me in particular it is a joy to hear the gallegos speaking. South of Porto I am not sure that they understand themselves and, at times, I find it hard not to laugh hearing some of my Portuguese friends speak (soo hard that it can be even for us to make up what they are saying).
Thank you for clearing that up. I thought I might be missing something. My workaround was using Keyboard Maestro to activate and de-activate the styles (I don’t keep the markup, by the way, I just use it to activate and de-activate the styles. It auto-deletes it as soon as I type it). With this setup I get to use standard markup to write (* item, bold, italic, [^foot], # Header, and so forth).
I love using Solarized themes, but I’ve had two problems with them:
- The Scrivener Solarized Light theme starts with base3 as the editor background, which provides too much contrast with no-colour (i.e., black) text.
- The base Solarized palette, once it moves darker than base2, contains all cool greys. They have too much blue in them for me to be comfortable with using the Scrivener Solarized Dark theme. In the rare case that I’m using this, I’m working late and would like to avoid exposure to blue light (even with Night Shift on, it still looks very blue.)
So here are my Solar Warmth Dark, and Solar Warmth Light themes! I’ve stepped down contrast between editor backgrounds and text, and developed a palette of dark warm greys to avoid the blue light problem. (For the squeamish, I’ve left out fonts. 
)
Enjoy!
Solar Warmth Light.stheme (45.4 KB) Solar Warmth Dark.stheme (40.7 KB)
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