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title: cobalt2: a theme for Sublime Text
url: http://wesbos.com/cobalt2-theme-sublime-text-2/
hash_url: 2f8d31cf8c
Update: November 2014 – these theme has received a major UI upgrade for new Sublime Features and editor tweaks.
I love text editor colour schemes. I’ve tried dozens of them over the years but always found myself coming back to trusty old cobalt. I liked this theme quite a but but I didn’t love it. So, over the years I’ve tweaked and tuned cobalt into a theme that I am very happy with. Its easy on the eyes, works well across many languages and takes note of those little UI elements like the caret, searches and bracket matching.
I have had quite a few friends use my theme and they seem to be sticking with it. So, I’ve decided to release it to the masses. To download it, head on over to the github repo. As always, would love to hear any feedback you may have 
Quick aside: I wrote a book on sublime text which comes along with a video series. If you like my themes and blog posts on Sublime Text, you will love this!
#cobalt2
A Sublime Text theme based on our old blue friend cobalt.
A refined colour scheme that is easy on the eyes and takes small UI elements into account. Includes full sublime theme (sidebar, search, tabs, etc…) as well as support for SublimeLinter, git diffing and a growing number of plugins.
See below for examples. Read more at http://wesbos.com/cobalt2-theme-sublime-text-2/
Installation
With Package Control
- Open package control
tools→Command Paletteand typeInstall Package - Search for Cobalt2 and hit enter
- Lastly, open
Preferences→Settings - User. Add the following two lines:
"color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - Cobalt2/cobalt2.tmTheme",
"theme": "Cobalt2.sublime-theme",
If these are the last two lines of your settings file, make sure to omit the trailing ,
Screenshots
Sidebar Icons
Dirty Tab and Selected Tab
Indentation Guides — Guide, Stacked Guide and Active Guide
Use "indent_guide_options": ["draw_normal", "draw_active"] for this
GitGutter Support
Autocomplete
Command Palette
GoTo Anything
Tabs, Spaces and Comments
Folding Lines
Searches
Highlighted Line
JavaScript
CSS
PHP
Ruby
Python
Markdown
Contributing
While cobalt2 covers all languages, I write mostly JavaScript and CSS so I welcome any additions for other languages.
Thanks
Some icons from Soda Theme by Ian Hill
Kyle Knight for pushing cobalt2 past the code screen and styling the entire editor.
Seti UI Atom theme for the sidebar icons
Official Colours
Yellow: #ffc600
Blue: #193549
Dusty Blue 35434d
Dark Blue: #15232D
You may also like:
Cobalt2 Theme for iTerm https://github.com/wesbos/Cobalt2-iterm