Midnight Lights

🌌 Midnight Lights is an original dark blue theme for Visual Studio 2019 and 2022. If you're looking for something even darker, try my new theme ⚫ Midnight Deep.

Installation

After installing the extension, the theme will be available in the dropdown under Tools -> Options-> General.

This is my first theme and you will probably find some quirks. This is a personal project, feel free to fork the repository and tweak it however you like.

Misc

CI/CD uses Azure DevOps, following Meziantou's Blog.

I like to extend my theme with Viasfora, mostly for Rainbow Braces. I've added my Viasfora theme within the github repo as viasfora-theme.json. If you're a Viasfora user, themes can be exported/imported from Tools -> Options -> Viasfora -> Export / Import. The section Themes takes .json and .vsftheme files.

Versions

v1.5.1

• Improve contrast in merge conflict window 🚸

v1.5

• Improve contrast in accent highlights and hovers 🚸

v1.4.1

• Fix breaking change introduced in VS 2022 Preview 4.1 🩹

v1.4.0

• Add basic support for C++ colorization ✨

v1.3.0

• Add theming for vertical document tabs ✨
• Add missing elements from standard dark theme ➕

v1.2.0

• Added support for VS 2022 🔧

v1.1.5

• Modified peek background, updated theme icon

v1.1.1

• Modified Razor code highlighting to better match theme

v1.1

• Darkened editor background to match window backgrounds
• Darkened menu shadows (no more glow, sorry if you liked that)
• Modified editor background on Outline hover to better match theme