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Create custom color themes for Sidecar, including base theme selection, color overrides, gradient borders, tab styles, per-project themes, community themes, and programmatic theme registration. Use when creating or modifying themes, adjusting UI appearance, or debugging color/style issues. See references/palette-reference.md for the full color palette with all keys and per-theme values.

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# Create Theme ## Configuration Location Themes are configured in `~/.config/sidecar/config.json`: ```json { "ui": { "showFooter": true, "showClock": true, "nerdFontsEnabled": false, "theme": { "name": "default", "overrides": { "primary": "#FF5500", "success": "#00FF00" } } } } ``` ## Available Base Themes - **default** - Dark theme with purple/blue accents - **dracula** - Dracula-inspired dark theme with vibrant colors - **molokai** - Vibrant, high-contrast dark theme - **nord** - Arctic, north-bluish color palette - **solarized-dark** - Precision color scheme for reduced blue light - **tokyo-night** - Clean dark theme celebrating Downtown Tokyo ## Creating a Custom Theme ### Method 1: Override Specific Colors Start from a base theme and override specific colors: ```json { "ui": { "theme": { "name": "default", "overrides": { "primary": "#E91E63", "success": "#4CAF50", "error": "#F44336", "syntaxTheme": "github" } } } } ``` ### Method 2: Full Theme Override Override all colors for complete control. See `references/palette-reference.md` for every available color key and their default values across themes. ### Method 3: Custom Gradient Borders Panel borders support angled gradients (default 30 degrees) flowing diagonally: ```json { "ui": { "theme": { "overrides": { "gradientBorderActive": ["#FF0000", "#FF7F00", "#FFFF00", "#00FF...

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marcus
Repository
marcus/sidecar
Created
7 months ago
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Language
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License
MIT

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