tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post838511078868046422..comments2023-12-18T01:06:11.932-08:00Comments on Delphi Programming Tips & Tricks: Disable Delphi Rio IDE Theme Dalija Prasnikarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645794274789883946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post-50902335548365472042021-07-07T02:49:24.163-07:002021-07-07T02:49:24.163-07:00Thank you for this. I'm running on an older c...Thank you for this. I'm running on an older computer, Windows 7, Delphi 6, all of which I'm very happy with, but I wanted to try the Delphi Community Edition and was totally bewildered by the display.<br /><br />Borland wouldn't have done this. Embarcadero seems to have the Microsoft approach - we're using the latest PCs and if you're not that's your problem!Colin Humehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862561690574499504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post-54410420960450348362019-12-09T20:36:09.398-08:002019-12-09T20:36:09.398-08:00Great tip! Thank you very much. In Rad Studio 10.3...Great tip! Thank you very much. In Rad Studio 10.3.2 the Theme Manager doesn't include the option to use custom vcl styles so your tip is actually a great way to bypass that and use any vcl style as your IDE theme.<br /><br />Navigate to this branch in the registry and set the keys as follows:<br /><br />Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Theme<br /><br />Key: Theme<br /Brian Joseph Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291733116549690055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post-36617346908738076882019-05-22T14:55:34.732-07:002019-05-22T14:55:34.732-07:00Oh, I'm going to test it later today! Thanks f...Oh, I'm going to test it later today! Thanks for that.<br />I'm spending much more time writing code on Delphi 10.2 because of the IDE theme which is terrible in certain screen resolutions/font sizesAlexandre Caldas Machadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461341015084340422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post-54337623397070501112019-05-22T11:22:20.681-07:002019-05-22T11:22:20.681-07:00Disabling themes is no longer officially supported...Disabling themes is no longer officially supported... so doing that introduces some visual issues and other bugs in some dialogs. <br /><br />However, that is the small price to pay for having back some lost functionality (like editor tabs icons, Code, Design, History and other tabs central alignment) and much snappier IDE.Dalija Prasnikarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645794274789883946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330865050433561840.post-17568466140753795932019-05-22T09:36:27.357-07:002019-05-22T09:36:27.357-07:00Unfortunately disabling this has side effects. Som...Unfortunately disabling this has side effects. Some dialogs only look correctly if theming is enabled. (Also unfortunately I don't remember which dialogs these were. I'm getting old...)dummzeuchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964052286248095908noreply@blogger.com