[Bug]: Settings Sync messes the theme at start

[tomaswarynyca]

Describe the bug

The editor looks like InteliJ's Dark theme! (intellij idea 2023.2)
Activated theme: Darker Material

To Reproduce

When I start the IDE it appears like this!
Note: activating or deactivating a style sheets plugin fixes it for as long as the IDE is open.

Expected behavior

Material Theme Version

v8.9.1

IDE

IntelliJ IDEA

System Info

No response

Logs/Screenshots

No response

[mallowigi]

Sorry, I don't understand the issue or the steps here... can you provide a video showing what happens ?

[tomaswarynyca]

The editor part has a colour at startup :/
After deactivating or activating a plugin from the category style sheets it is fixed
I have had this problem since upgrading to IDEA 2023.2
Screencast from 2023-07-29 09-58-37.webm

[tomaswarynyca]

Hi @mallowigi, were you able to understand the problem?
It seems very strange to me 😬

[mallowigi]

Might be related to the Settings Sync. Do you have it enabled?

[tomaswarynyca]

You mean the plugin? No

[mallowigi]

Can you send me more information about your setup? OS, IDE, plugins...

[ddubrava]

Hi! I'm experiencing the same problem on Windows, while everything works fine on MacOS. The project explorer changes, but the color scheme remains the default one.

It seems that the problem is specific to Material Darker, as Material Oceanic looks okay.

By the way, on my Mac, I have a version 8.9.1, while on Windows, it's a version 8.6.4, which is the latest available one

WebStorm 2023.1.4
Build #WS-231.9225.18, built on July 13, 2023
Licensed to Daniil Dubrava
You have a perpetual fallback license for this version.
Subscription is active until May 4, 2024.
Runtime version: 17.0.7+10-b829.16 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Windows 10.0
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 2048M
Cores: 12
Registry:
    editor.focus.mode.color.light=474747
    ide.editor.tab.selection.animation=true
    ide.animate.toolwindows=true
    ide.new.editor.tabs.vertical.borders=true
    ide.experimental.ui=true
    ide.balloon.shadow.size=0
    editor.focus.mode.color.dark=474747

Non-Bundled Plugins:
    String Manipulation (9.10.0)
    ru.adelf.idea.dotenv (2023.1)
    com.mallowigi (90.0.0)
    mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore (4.5.1)
    com.chrisrm.idea.MaterialThemeUI (8.6.4)

[ddubrava]

you are right; it happens due to settings sync. If I import settings (File - Manage IDE Settings - Import Settings), everything works fine (sync is disabled by default when you import settings). However, once I enable the sync, everything breaks again

p.s. on my mac sync is enabled

[mallowigi]

I started using the sync settings and it happens to me as well. I'll investigate this.

[mallowigi]

It's actually very annoying. JetBrains started adding a combination of <theme,colorScheme> with sometimes weird values. I've started a settings sync from scratch and I can see some combinations like "Deep Ocean,Darcula"...

[mallowigi]

In that case, here's how to fix it:

When you have a misconfiguration between the Theme and the Color Scheme:

• Open Settings
• Go to Editor > Color Scheme
• Check that you are on the right color scheme (ex: if Moonlight, check that you are on Moonlight color scheme)
• If not, select Moonlight and click OK

But sometimes, there are also cases when a color scheme is duplicated on the user machine (it usually happens if you select a scheme bundled from the plugin, for example Night Owl, but don't have the plugin installed on the other machine. The settings sync will then download Night Owl but use Darcula colors). In that case, since it has the same name as the bundled color scheme, the IDE will pick that color scheme instead.

In that case, in the color schemes screen, check for superfluous color schemes, then press on the settings menu and select "Delete" for all that are involved.

[mallowigi]

https://share.cleanshot.com/Hx0fHvCT

CleanShot 2023-08-19 at 21.10.59

Video uploaded to CleanShot Cloud

[mallowigi]

IDEA-330252 Settings Sync is messing up the Material Theme plugin follow up