Is there a way to export syntax color settings from one Xcode installation to a new one?
I have installed a new XCode 4 on a machine and I'd like to copy/paste the syntax coloring settings from the first one to the new one. How may I do this ?
Custom syntax color themes are located in
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/
(Note that this directory may not exist if you've not yet modified any of your themes or haven't created a custom theme of your own, but will be created as soon as you do.)
The files have a .dvtcolortheme
extension. Simply retrieve the file from that directory and copy it into the same directory on another machine.
I quite like Ethan Schoonover's Solarized themes; I find them to be very readable and easy on the eyes, and can be installed as explained above.
I found this answer while looking how to move the new (at the time of writing this answer) Civic theme in Xcode 8 to Xcode 7.3. Now themes are bundled inside of the Xcode application's bundle at following path:
Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/DVTKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/FontAndColorThemes
Also Xcode8 theme has extension xccolortheme
while Xcode7.3 has dvtcolortheme
. From my experience - it's safe change the extension without modifying the file itself.