Read the help file at the top, as it includes instructions for extracting and installing the.Click on the “Blank” category if necessary and select the “Butterfly” template to create a new project.Use the “Import Templates…” command, and select the file you unzipped in step 1.Click the Options… button in the bottom left corner.In Scrivener, use the File/New Project… menu command.Unzip the downloaded file if necessary.Much of what it aims to do is provide a project window that functions similarly to a 3-pane navigation style program, with numerous tweaks to the project options and settings. stheme file alone, but as a project template. This theme was created a while back, in response to this thread, but when that thread was active, the best I could have done was provided a few Scirvener 2 tips-which would have worked, but Scrivener 3 does all of this so much better!Īs this includes both a look and feel, it is distributed not as an. Jasmine, Charcoal & Monokai Night, by maryportis.Aye Mirage, Aye Bright & Solarized Night.by kamryndk (requires free subscription):.If you update your post-perhaps to remove its “work in progress” status, let me know as I’ll otherwise not see notification of the edit. If you’ve created a theme and you don’t see it appear with a couple of days, give me a nudge via PM. I will do my best to keep an index of the themes posted to this thread, to save folks from having to read through the entire thing. One will set up fonts the way they are shown in the screenshots, and the other will just change the colours, leaving your user interface font settings alone. Unzip the downloaded file if necessary, and within you’ll find two variants. prefs file you wish to remove and drag them to the trash.Īs of Scrivener 3.1 for macOS, the font-less theme now ships with the software. Drill into the Themes folder (used to be “PreferencePresets”).Use the Scrivener/Reveal Support Folder in Finder menu command.button along the bottom of the preferences window, and select the theme you wish to delete from the “Delete Theme” submenu.įor bulk management, or if you prefer to use a file manager: Have you installed a theme as a preset that you don’t care for? You can uninstall it with the following steps: Theme settings only change those settings that relate to select appearance options. The settings will be immediately applied to your preferences. stheme file that you wish to install into your copy of Scrivener. To install and apply a theme, such as the one provided here: You can also return to the factory default theme at any time with the Scrivener/Theme/Default menu command.
Now your core appearance settings are safe, and can be restored if none of the themes you installed suit your fancy.
Please note this theme will only work on the Windows version of Scrivener 3.With Scrivener 3 comes a plethora of new settings for adjusting how the software looks. You can then select the image backdrops from the settings menu as "fixed width texture" selections. Once you have the zip file, unpack it and from scrivener select - Windows > themes > import theme. I have included these in the zip file too. I think it looks nicer than the standard desktop transparency or the solid colour. I spend most of my non writing time in scrivener looking at word counts and chapter breakdowns in the outliner view, so I paid special attention to make sure it was clear and easy to read.īoth the principal editor and composition mode have nice star field texture/images on the fixed-width portions. I changed the spelling underline to a bright pink so it can be seen easier on crappy old laptops with bad colour contrast (works on mine better than red) The theme is essentially neutral dark, but non-black interface elements with a nice contract between deep blues and dark pinks in the text windows. An hour later I had butchered it into something far more 'me.' I eventually loaded the one I hated the least and tried to live with it. I tried a few themes from various placed around google and none of them took with me. After 120k words, I became a little annoyed with the default colours of Scrivener, the Dark theme was a little too clinical and i wanted a little more.