How to edit (customize) Color Themes in VS2017 Preview

Question

has anyone figures out, how to change the color theme in VS2017.

I used a custom Theme in 2012 and later in 2013. I imported it with the Extension. But I was also ab

Answer 1

If you're referring to one of the 3 inbuilt themes, this link from Microsoft explains how. The relevant bit is below:

1. On the menu bar, choose Tools, Options.
2. In the options list, choose Environment, General.
3. In the Color theme list, choose either the default Blue theme, Dark or Light.

If you're referring to the Color Theme Editor from Microsoft, 2013 is still the latest version (it's referenced in the link above, for 2017RC). Unfortinately it says on the same page, that you can only use it on Visual Studio Professional, Visual Studio Premium and Visual Studio Ultimate. I tried installing it on Visual Studio Community anyway, and it doesn't work.

Microsoft have also changed the format of the .vssettings file, so you can't manually import VS 2013 themes either.

I really hope you can change the theme in Visual Studio 2017 Community when it comes out.