Codecademy light theme

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Hello to all.

I’ll be concise:

Why there is only the dark theme for the edit panel in courses???

As long as there will be only that dark theme, I’ll not use codecademy.

PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE FUNCTION TO CHOOSE A LIGHT THEME FOR THE EDITOR!!!

(refer also to that post: https://www.codecademy.com/en/forum_questions/518d182772925bbf72000388#answer-51fbd34d80ff33379d003a15)

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Hi @bestdragon,

Codecademy talks about their decision to go with a dark theme for the editor in this post:

I think it’s unlikely that a light theme will come, since there’s very small demand for it relative to some other features.

You may be able to use a browser extension to modify the appearance of the editor.

Thanks for letting us know about your desire for a light theme!

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Hi @zystvan,

the color chosen are simply horrible and for the java course the blue for the { } are simply unreadable…

And then, the readability of the editor IS MUCH IMPORTANT.

I think, instead, that codecademy doesn’t WANT to make it.

At the start the editor was light! So, they made a modify to make it dark…

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@bestdragon I don’t know of any addons that specifically change a website to a lighter theme (light-to-dark addons are much more popular), but you may be able to use a custom stylesheet. Stylish is a popular extension for that:

And then, the readability of the editor IS MUCH IMPORTANT.

Yes, definitely. However, it’s about what works best for the most people, and most developers prefer a dark theme. You’re the first person I recall encountering who disliked the dark editor theme, and I’ve been helping out on the forums for a few years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edit:
If possible, tweaking your screen’s color settings may help you see better on Codecademy too.

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I always loved the dark theme, the problem with the codecademy’s theme is the colors chosen: are horrible… Because of that I hate that choice.

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I don’t mind using the dark theme, but when I am outside, it is very hard to use. I can barely find the cursor. Most other editors have a way to change the theme, so I can switch to light when outside.

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actually… yes part of me finding this forum in the first place is because nowadays my schedules require me to be outside with sunlight exposure and the dark theme becomes counter intuitive now

it would be really awesome if codecademy includes light theme environment

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any updates - since we are all locked in quarantine - i want to work in garden but its difficult… just do inverse theme - dont mind if not perfect, but hard to work on black.

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I agree 100 percent. It would be great to have the option!

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so there really is no way to do black text on white background. I started my lessons today and my eyes hurt after a few hours. I stare at black text on white background for 8 hours a day normally and have no problem.

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I just signed up for the annual Pro plan and love the training, but agree with the people above. The dark theme really hurts my eyes and I find myself only being able to use the site for around 30 minutes at a time due to this. Pretty disappointing there is not configuration for this.

PLEASE MAKE A LIGHT MODE, every IDE I use has both light and dark mode: Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Atom, Sublime, etc, etc.

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It’s obvious by now that codecademy doesn’t give a d_amn about this post, which I opened 6 years ago!
What is the consequence? That I’ve stopped using this site since then and I don’t even miss it.
Elsewhere there is much better, with the light theme too.
Obviously I wouldn’t spend $1 on it if I have to ruin my eyesight to use it, among other things with really awful color combinations. Really a worst work.

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Well, after 7 years, another user, me, is struggling with the same problem

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