NetBeans Sunburst Color Theme

Published on Jul 1, 2009

sunburst

I'm a long time TextMate lover who might just be turning into a NetBeans user. In my in-between-editors state I've ported the Sunburst TextMate theme to NetBeans so I feel more at home. As you can see above, it's a dark theme with a black background and some easter eggy colors mixed in for readability.

I've gone ahead and done HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript to the best of the syntax coloring abilities of Netbeans, so there's still some stuff that may be janky. Download it here.

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Kevin van Zonneveld (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 16, 2009 @ 15:10pm

Great work Zach! Makes my job more pleasant, awesome work!

Zach Wood (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 16, 2009 @ 15:43pm

Glad to help! There's still some obvious annoyances in it and I've been slowly improving the theme as I work with it and will have a new, slightly improved version up shortly.

Ryan (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 20, 2009 @ 01:14am

I just switched to NetBeans from TextMate for a C++ project and am still getting used to it. As such, I am unsure how to install this color theme... the only way I saw to install plugins was to use a .nbm file and add it under plugins. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks.

majna (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 04:08am

go to options->fonts&colors and click Import, select zip, after ide restart select new theme here

Frenck (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 05:34am

Good job! I love it! :D

Jay (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:11pm

hi, I cannot find any 'Import' button under Options > Fonts & Colours.

Jay (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:17pm

what font are you using?

Zach (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:18pm

It's on the bottom left of every preference pane tab, also make sure you're using Netbeans 6.7, I was on 6.5 the other day and I couldn't find it either.

Zach (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:19pm

I like Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, size 11.

Jay (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:22pm

cool! thanks :D

Fahad (not verified) says:

Published on Jul 22, 2009 @ 13:29pm

for NetBeans 6.5: copy the content of zip file to C:\Documents and Settings\YOU\.netbeans\6.5

Al H. (not verified) says:

Published on Sep 6, 2009 @ 10:18am

Thanks for sharing Zach! This is a very nice color scheme. The only change I made on my configuration was to use Proggy Clean font, which is my favorite for programming.

Geoff (not verified) says:

Published on Sep 7, 2009 @ 13:38pm

Thanks, Zach. Nice theme! I just prefer using Courier New for my version :)

Onin (not verified) says:

Published on Sep 18, 2009 @ 05:23am

ur da man!!!!

astigin!!!

hehe

Damian Dawber | Web Dev and What-Not » NetBeans Twilight JS (not verified) says:

Published on Sep 22, 2009 @ 12:06pm

[...] I found two excellent themes. The first is the Twilight theme at TutsPlus and the second is the Sunburst theme at Purple, Rock, Scissors. After playing around with both of them, I decided I preferred the Twilight theme for HTML and PHP [...]

Heartshare » Blog Archive » NBGit, a Git plugin for Netbeans (not verified) says:

Published on Sep 27, 2009 @ 11:18am

[...] http://zach.purplerockscissors.com/2009/07/01/textmate-sunburst-theme-ne... [...]

OS (not verified) says:

Published on Oct 29, 2009 @ 06:36am

that's great man, thanks.

Dev Patio by Jamal Fanaian » Sunburst (Dark) Theme for Eclip (not verified) says:

Published on Nov 19, 2009 @ 10:27am

[...] if you use NetBeans, a good friend of mine released a version of this theme for it. Go have a look. Comments [...]

Martin (not verified) says:

Published on Mar 11, 2010 @ 11:10am

Very nice theme! Thanks for sharing. I started using netbeans only today and having the right colours is one of the most important things to let me start working :)

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zach Wood

I’m Zach, a Client-Side Engineer here. What does that mean? It means I’m responsible for all the fun stuff your browser (the blue “e” on your desktop) displays. I take those cutesy designs you love and turn them into something useable on the web. When I’m not crushing it at the Purple headquarters, you can find me scooting my bicycle around Downtown Orlando complaining about all of the cobblestone streets. I’ve got a computer-screen suntan, live directly above the railroad tracks, and get overly excited when Hulu alerts me about a new “30 Rock” episode.