Make custom intellij theme apply to UI

Question

I downloaded a custom intellij theme and imported it into my project with file > import settings then went to file > settings > Editor > colors & fonts and chose my color scheme name. This applied well to the code editor, but the UI (such as the project navigation pane) did not change. Do I need to apply the settings to the UI in another manner?

Answer 1

It's not easy to change UI colors of IntelliJ IDEA. You have to install a theme-plugin for that. There is no great choice, but I like Material Theme UI.

Settings > Plugins > Browse repositories... > search for Material Theme UI > Install

For future googlers: we are talking about UI colors here. Editor colors is a totally different story, changing them is quite simple and there are many, many editor themes out there.

Answer 2

The UI of IntelliJ IDEA uses many different colors, some of which are calculated, as well as graphics which exist in two different versions, regular and Darcula. Because of that, it's currently not possible to change the UI colors to anything other than the default and Darcula themes.