NightOwl2026 Reloaded A dark, low-glare theme for Visual Studio 2026, built for late-night coding without the eye strain. This is a community-maintained continuation of NightOwl2026 (originally by Mateusz Kalina / God0nlyKnows), itself inspired by Sarah Drasner's Night Owl theme for VS Code. Why "Reloaded" Visual Studio 2026's June 2026 update introduced a new Fluent-based color system, and it broke tab and window-header coloring in the original theme — tabs and headers fell back to stock light/dark colors instead of Night Owl's palette. This release fixes that by adding the new color tokens VS 2026 now requires (EnvironmentTab, EnvironmentHeader, and related tokens), tuned to match the rest of the theme, so tabs, tool window headers, and title bars render correctly again. Features Deep navy background with soft cyan/lavender accents, easy on the eyes for long sessions Full coverage of Visual Studio 2026's Fluent theme tokens — editor, shell chrome, tabs, tool windows, status bar Consistent styling across menus, dialogs, and designers, not just the code editor Compatible with Visual Studio 2026 Community, Professional, and Enterprise (amd64 and arm64) Getting started Install the extension, restart Visual Studio, then go to Tools > Options > Environment > General and select NightOwl2026 Reloaded from the color theme dropdown. Source & feedback Source code, issues, and contributions: github.com/oluwasege/NightOwl2026 |