Light / High Contrast version

[KoB-Kirito]

I love the theme, but have to work in bright environments sometimes and it's just too dark then to be comfortable. I would like to have a light version to switch between them.

Could you do a light version that follows the same semantics, so that it still feels familiar?
Or is there a similar light theme that you could recommend?

[gaplo917]

@KoB-Kirito Thanks for the suggestion! I also have similar thoughts in the past few months.

Need to check how many modifications have to do.

[KoB-Kirito]

Thanks for looking into it :)

Contrast would be the key for such theme. Even other light themes don't really get that with pastel colors on white background which is hard to read 🤔

[amirhakim]

How can I upvote this?
👍🏽👍

[KoB-Kirito]

If you don't want to add a light version, how about a high contrast version then?

[gaplo917]

Hi @KoB-Kirito @amirhakim, thank you for your interest.

I do like to share the current status of this project.

My vision is to build a modern, productivity-oriented, and universal-language-consistent color theme across different IDEs.

To align my vision, I am currently working on the following strategies

• color modernization - modernize the existing dark theme color palette
• light version - for a bright environment
• better maintenance model - single source to generate on both VSCode, Intellij, and future IDE configuration, i.e. Fleet)
• enable users to build different variants easily

If you have any good ideas for light themes color palettes, please share with me :). It would be a big help.

[KoB-Kirito]

I'm used to the current colors, but the colors are not even that important. I like that everything has its own color and is grouped nicly. It's the productivity boost I'm after.
I use Rider with C# and VB.Net. The built in tools never seemd to work for me, but this theme just works good.

For a light theme I would keep the colors, just on a white background, and darken those that would not have enough contrast then. I currently use Lotus Light when outside. It reads good, but does not differtiate as much as gapstyle does.

[gaplo917]

@KoB-Kirito Noted your preferences, but my concern is to manually maintain two sets of themes will slow down the afterwards process.

Personally, I feel difficult to read on the Lotus Light theme color and It just looks like what I have done the POC in 2021.

I think GapStyle would achieve way much better than this.

[KoB-Kirito]

I hope so. That's why I requested it :)

[gaplo917]

The recent decision of the GapStyle Light mode key colors will be designed in this way. I hope it can give better visibility to everyone.

[KoB-Kirito]

Sounds promising. Looks like the colors will then be as complementary to each other as they are in the dark design. That might make it feel familiar 👍🏻