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Local themes not loading
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Local theme not loading after placed into ~/.config/zed/themes as instructed here
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Zed: v0.154.3 (Zed) OS: macOS 15.1.0 Memory: 96 GiB Architecture: aarch64
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Hey @feelingsonice - I'm not able to reproduce this. I dont have access to those theme files, but is it possible the names they use in the name field in the json isn't the same as the name of the file? Open one of those theme files up and see what they named the theme based off of the name and try looking the theme up via that text.
@JosephTLyons it's any files here https://zed-themes.com
Don't think it's anything related to the names.
@JosephTLyons After importing Iceberg theme from https://gist.github.com/Demonstrandum/487f1939915d047f945f094b75104c15
While Zed is open on Ubuntu I have access to the theme. However after restarting Zed. The themes selector doesn't allow them to be sourced.
Oh interesting. I can't see the themes at all on Mac, even after restarting :( Also tried manually setting it to the target theme in my settings and didn't work.
+1 for this issue, running on popos, not able to see custom themes in the themes folder
Very strange, I just downloaded Catbox.json from zed-themes and it was available in Zed without even restarting. Wonder if its a Sequoia bug or something.
I had the same problem, and I fixed it by adding this line at the very top of my JSON:
"$schema": "https://zed.dev/schema/themes/v0.1.0.sjon",
So maybe check that your JSON structure is correct or/and look at a theme json file on zed theme.
Just thought I'd share that I was running into this exact same issue using themes I'd generated from VS Code via the theme importer. I then went and manually added the author field to them and that instantly fixed the issue :shrug:
I had the same problem, and I fixed it by adding this line at the very top of my JSON:
"$schema": "https://zed.dev/schema/themes/v0.1.0.sjon",So maybe check that your JSON structure is correct or/and look at a theme json file on zed theme.
Tried this and it didn't help too.
For me, what fixed the issue was to ensure that the theme's JSON was placed under the theme root directly, not in a subfolder of the themes folder.
Put your theme json here: ~/.config/zed/themes/
NOT here: ~/.config/zed/themes/myTheme/.
If i put the theme's JSON in the theme root and adhere to the naming schema, it seems to be loadable after a Zed restart. This persists across system restarts, too.
I attach an example of a custom theme I made, in case anyone finds it helpful. The theme itself is just Gruvbox Dark with some background color changes. I have it as a json located at ~/.config/zed/themes/shelomoh.json. It loads fine on Garuda Linux:
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{
"$schema": "https://zed.dev/schema/themes/v0.1.0.json",
"name": "Shelomoh",
"author": "Haraven",
"themes": [
{
"name": "Shelomoh",
"appearance": "dark",
"accents": [
"#cc241dff",
"#98971aff",
"#d79921ff",
"#458588ff",
"#b16286ff",
"#689d6aff",
"#d65d0eff"
],
"style": {
"border": "#282828ff",
"border.variant": "#1d1d1fff",
"border.focused": "#303a36ff",
"border.selected": "#303a36ff",
"border.transparent": "#00000000",
"border.disabled": "#544c48ff",
"elevated_surface.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"surface.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"background": "#1d1d1fff",
"element.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"element.hover": "#1d1d1fff",
"element.active": "#5b524cff",
"element.selected": "#5b524cff",
"element.disabled": "#1d1d1fff",
"drop_target.background": "#c5b59780",
"ghost_element.background": "#00000000",
"ghost_element.hover": "#1d1d1fff",
"ghost_element.active": "#5b524cff",
"ghost_element.selected": "#5b524cff",
"ghost_element.disabled": "#1d1d1fff",
"text": "#fbf1c7ff",
"text.muted": "#c5b597ff",
"text.placeholder": "#998b78ff",
"text.disabled": "#998b78ff",
"text.accent": "#83a598ff",
"icon": "#fbf1c7ff",
"icon.muted": "#c5b597ff",
"icon.disabled": "#998b78ff",
"icon.placeholder": "#c5b597ff",
"icon.accent": "#83a598ff",
"status_bar.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"title_bar.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"title_bar.inactive_background": "#1d1d1fff",
"toolbar.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"tab_bar.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"tab.inactive_background": "#1d1d1fff",
"tab.active_background": "#1d1d1fff",
"search.match_background": "#83a59866",
"panel.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"panel.focused_border": null,
"pane.focused_border": null,
"scrollbar.thumb.background": "#fbf1c74c",
"scrollbar.thumb.hover_background": "#1d1d1fff",
"scrollbar.thumb.border": "#1d1d1fff",
"scrollbar.track.background": "#00000000",
"scrollbar.track.border": "#373432ff",
"editor.foreground": "#ebdbb2ff",
"editor.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"editor.gutter.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"editor.subheader.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"editor.active_line.background": "#3a3735bf",
"editor.highlighted_line.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"editor.line_number": "#fbf1c759",
"editor.active_line_number": "#fbf1c7ff",
"editor.invisible": "#928474ff",
"editor.wrap_guide": "#fbf1c70d",
"editor.active_wrap_guide": "#fbf1c71a",
"editor.document_highlight.read_background": "#83a5981a",
"editor.document_highlight.write_background": "#92847466",
"terminal.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"terminal.foreground": "#fbf1c7ff",
"terminal.bright_foreground": "#fbf1c7ff",
"terminal.dim_foreground": "#1d1d1fff",
"terminal.ansi.black": "#1d1d1fff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_black": "#73675eff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_black": "#fbf1c7ff",
"terminal.ansi.red": "#fb4a35ff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_red": "#93201dff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_red": "#ffaa95ff",
"terminal.ansi.green": "#b7bb26ff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_green": "#605c1bff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_green": "#e0dc98ff",
"terminal.ansi.yellow": "#f9bd2fff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_yellow": "#91611bff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_yellow": "#fedc9bff",
"terminal.ansi.blue": "#83a598ff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_blue": "#414f4aff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_blue": "#c0d2cbff",
"terminal.ansi.magenta": "#a89984ff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_magenta": "#514a41ff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_magenta": "#d2cabfff",
"terminal.ansi.cyan": "#8ec07cff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_cyan": "#45603eff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_cyan": "#c7dfbdff",
"terminal.ansi.white": "#fbf1c7ff",
"terminal.ansi.bright_white": "#fbf1c7ff",
"terminal.ansi.dim_white": "#b0a189ff",
"link_text.hover": "#83a598ff",
"conflict": "#f9bd2fff",
"conflict.background": "#572e10ff",
"conflict.border": "#754916ff",
"created": "#b7bb26ff",
"created.background": "#322b11ff",
"created.border": "#4a4516ff",
"deleted": "#fb4a35ff",
"deleted.background": "#590a0fff",
"deleted.border": "#771617ff",
"error": "#fb4a35ff",
"error.background": "#590a0fff",
"error.border": "#771617ff",
"hidden": "#998b78ff",
"hidden.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"hidden.border": "#544c48ff",
"hint": "#8c957dff",
"hint.background": "#1e2321ff",
"hint.border": "#303a36ff",
"ignored": "#998b78ff",
"ignored.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"ignored.border": "#5b534dff",
"info": "#83a598ff",
"info.background": "#1e2321ff",
"info.border": "#303a36ff",
"modified": "#f9bd2fff",
"modified.background": "#572e10ff",
"modified.border": "#754916ff",
"predictive": "#717363ff",
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"predictive.border": "#4a4516ff",
"renamed": "#83a598ff",
"renamed.background": "#1e2321ff",
"renamed.border": "#303a36ff",
"success": "#b7bb26ff",
"success.background": "#322b11ff",
"success.border": "#4a4516ff",
"unreachable": "#c5b597ff",
"unreachable.background": "#1d1d1fff",
"unreachable.border": "#5b534dff",
"warning": "#f9bd2fff",
"warning.background": "#572e10ff",
"warning.border": "#754916ff",
"players": [
{
"cursor": "#83a598ff",
"background": "#83a598ff",
"selection": "#83a5983d"
},
{
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"background": "#a89984ff",
"selection": "#a899843d"
},
{
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"background": "#fd801bff",
"selection": "#fd801b3d"
},
{
"cursor": "#d3869bff",
"background": "#d3869bff",
"selection": "#d3869b3d"
},
{
"cursor": "#8ec07cff",
"background": "#8ec07cff",
"selection": "#8ec07c3d"
},
{
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"background": "#fb4a35ff",
"selection": "#fb4a353d"
},
{
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"background": "#f9bd2fff",
"selection": "#f9bd2f3d"
},
{
"cursor": "#b7bb26ff",
"background": "#b7bb26ff",
"selection": "#b7bb263d"
}
],
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"font_style": null,
"font_weight": null
},
"boolean": {
"color": "#d3869bff",
"font_style": null,
"font_weight": null
},
"comment": {
"color": "#a89984ff",
"font_style": null,
"font_weight": null
},
"comment.doc": {
"color": "#c6b697ff",
"font_style": null,
"font_weight": null
},
"constant": {
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},
"constructor": {
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},
"embedded": {
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"font_weight": null
},
"emphasis": {
"color": "#83a598ff",
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"font_weight": null
},
"emphasis.strong": {
"color": "#83a598ff",
"font_style": null,
"font_weight": 700
},
"enum": {
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"font_weight": null
},
"function": {
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"font_weight": 700
},
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"color": "#83a598ff",
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"font_weight": null
},
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"color": "#8ec07cff",
"font_style": "italic",
"font_weight": null
},
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"color": "#d3869bff",
"font_style": null,
"font_weight": null
},
"number": {
"color": "#d3869bff",
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"font_weight": null
},
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},
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"font_style": "italic",
"font_weight": null
},
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"font_weight": null
},
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"font_weight": null
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"font_weight": null
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"font_weight": null
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"font_weight": null
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"title": {
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"font_weight": 700
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"type": {
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"font_weight": null
}
}
}
}
]
}
I just managed to solve it by ensuring the name matched the file name and was consistent in the JSON
{
"$schema": "https://zed.dev/schema/themes/v0.1.0.json",
"name": "Frontend Dark",
"author": "Alexander",
"themes": [
{
"name": "Alexander", <- Changed this to match above "name" field and match the
file name
- macOS Sequoia 15.2
- Zed 0.177.7
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Hi. I was having this very same issue on Zed 0.211.6 on macOS Tahoe 26.1 with a theme I downloaded from zed-themes.com. However, I was able to fix it by adding the following line as the first property of the JSON file:
{
"$schema": "https://zed.dev/schema/themes/v0.1.0.json"
}
For the ones who are using flatpak's zed, save the theme here:
~/.var/app/dev.zed.Zed/config/zed/themes/
This worked for me.
