Orange Rain Light Theme

Orange Rain Light Theme is a light IDE theme for JetBrains IDEs (PhpStorm, WebStorm, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.), version 2020.2 and above, tested up to 2024.1 (244) EAP and should also support later IDEA versions. Based on Cute Pink Light Theme and JetBrains default light editor scheme. There is also an Orange Rain Dark Theme.

If you like to support development, you can open a pull request on GitHub.

For JetBrains IDEs, To install:

• Go to Settings (Preferences) | Plugins, find the theme plugin and install it
• (or download Orange Rain Light Theme from JetBrains Plugins page)
• Restart IDE
• Go to Settings (Preferences) | Appearance & Behavior | Appearance and see the Theme dropdown

Support/Contribution

Report an issue on or create a pull request on GitHub.

Screenshots

Classic UI (PhpStorm 2023.3.3)

New UI (WebStorm 2024.1 EAP)

Installation

If you only want to install the theme, you do not need this repository. You can install the theme from JB marketplace (inside your IDE) or install zip file (see below).

Local Installation

In build/distributions there is a zip file that I can manually import into my regular PhpStorm installation (Settings -> Plugins -> Gear Icon -> install plugin from disk).

Development

The initial settings for the formerly recommended development environment, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, as described by JetBrains in the custom UI theme workflow, has been removed in favor of a simple build script since release 1.0.0. You can also create a zip file manually, see the instructions below.

For creating future theme plugins, you do not need a complex Gradle setup, as there is a new wizard for creating a UI theme. See:

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2021/10/themes-in-intellij-based-ides/
• https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/theme-structure.html

A plugin consisting of a single .jar file is placed in the /plugins directory. Source: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-content.html

To find out the internal names of UI elements, we can now use the UI inspector.

The .palette-info.css in the root directory can be used for a better editor preview, if the IDE does not show color previews in .xml and .json configuration files.

Moodboard for this theme: screenshot-moodboard.png

Development, Build and Export

• Edit colors in src/main/META-INF/orange_rain_light_theme.json.
• As a contributor:
  • create a pull request on GitHub.
• As a maintainer:
  • Edit theme version, supported IDE versions, and other data, in
    • src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
    • src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
    • package.json
    • gradle.properties (only used for IntelliJ gradle build)
    • build.gradle.kts (only used for IntelliJ gradle build)
  • Build using one of the methods described below.
  • Add a change log in CHANGELOG.md.
  • Add a git tag, create a release, and add the theme zip.
  • Upload the theme zip to JetBrains marketplace.

Shell Build

npm run build

• requires bash/sh!
• creates a build/distributions/intellij-orange-rain-light-theme-x.y.z.zip

Alternative Manual Export (without IntelliJ Build Process)

Create an archive orange-rain-light-theme-x.y.z.zip containing:

• orange-rain-theme-light-theme/
  • lib/
    • intellij-orange-rain-light-theme-x.y.z.jar The .jar file is another zip archive containing the contents of src/main/resources with **no additional folder in between, e.g.:
      • orange_rain_light.theme.json
      • orange_rain_light.xml
      • META-INF/
        • plugin.xml
        • pluginIcon.svg
        • MANIFEST.MF

A valid MANIFEST.MF example is included to simplify theme export and update.

You can use the build script ./build.sh $version to build, e.g. ./build.sh 2.9.0

Upgrade Plugin for new IDEA versions

• bump plugin version
• add current IDEA version to supported targets
• rebuild artifacts as described above

Author

I am Ingo Steinke (@openmindculture on GitHub) a creative web developer, creating sustainable software and websites. If you like my talks and articles, feel free to support me on patreon, buy me a coffee or hire me as a freelancer.