No more Tools → Options → Fonts and Colors nonsense. 💩
Customize colors and styles instantly.
and preview color or style changes live.
Extensions → Instant Syntax Styler → Manage Presets...
Capture editor colors, fonts, and styles from installed Visual Studio themes, then apply them to any other theme.
- Keep the IDE theme you like and apply another theme's editor styles
- Switch to any installed Visual Studio theme to capture its editor styles
- Preview each preset live in the editor before you apply it
- Factory presets stay read-only; edits automatically become User presets
Extensions → Instant Syntax Styler → Editor Font...
Change the editor font without leaving your code.
- Every installed font, rendered in its own typeface — see what you're picking before you pick it
- Monospace-only toggle — on by default; auto-disables if your current font isn't monospaced so you always see your selection
- Substring filter — type
nerd,mono,code… case-insensitive - Size 6–72 pt with a spinner and arrow-key stepping
- Live preview while you browse; Revert snaps back to where you started; Cancel closes without saving
- Resizable, movable dialog — drag the title bar wherever you want
🎨 Live Previews — See style/color and font changes in real time
🔤 NEW! Font Changer — Change the editor font family & size with a searchable live preview
📚 Presets — Use any theme's editor styles inside any other IDE theme
💧 Color Sampler — Use eyedropper to grab any color anywhere on screen
💾 Persistent — Saved as native settings and backed up to %LOCALAPPDATA%
🤔 Q: What About...? — ...Resharper? Python? XAML?
A: If it's in VS Options, then YES
🚀 FAST AS Funk — Thanks to low-level APIs and knowing how to use them
- Visual Studio 2026 · Untested on 2022 due to nobody cares.
| Date | Version | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | 1.4 | • New Presets Manager: set your editor themes free by applying the editor colors, font, and styles from any theme inside any other IDE theme. • Setting any Visual Studio theme automatically captures its editor styles as a new preset you can preview and apply elsewhere. • Factory presets are read-only; edits automatically become User presets. |
| 2026-04-20 | 1.3 | • New Editor Font dialog for changing the editor font family and size with live preview, monospace filter, and substring search. |
| 2026-04-16 | 1.2 | • All Resharper classifications now supported correctly. • Automatic restoration of customizations if VS resets them. |
| 2026-04-15 | 1.1 | • The hex color field and the color picker are now 2-way live-synced. • Fixed a markdown-specific presentation defect. • Significantly optimized live preview. |
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