Dreamweaver’s Killer Dark Theme for Web Designers & Developers

Works with CS6 / CS5.5 / CS5 / CS4 / CS3 on both PC & Mac

Instructions for both Windows & Mac

  1. Close Dreamweaver
  2. Browse to: C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration\CodeColoring (on WinXP) or C:\Users\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration\CodeColoring (on Vista) or C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration\CodeColoring (on Windows 7) or username/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CSx/en_US/Configuration/ CodeColoring/Colors.xml (on Mac)
  3. Rename the Colors.xml file to something else – say Colors_old.xml (This will be the file you go back to if you don’t like the new color scheme)
  4. Download and extract the above zip file to the location you opened at step 2.
  5. Open Dreamweaver, press CTRL + U or go to Edit/Preferences/Code coloring and change the default background color to #252A32

That’s pretty much it. Open a file and switch to code to view the new theme. Combine this with a good programming font (Droid Sans Mono) and you can thank me.

I don’t like it! Put it back!

Changed your mind? No problem. Just close Dreamweaver, delete the Colors.xml file and then rename Colors_old.xml back to Colors.xml. Oh and don’t forget to change the default background color to #FFFFFF in the preferences (ala point 5).

credit goes to splinterteal.co.uk – Freelance Web Designer