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Hi @Kıvanç ÖZDEMİR,
You can try a solution that outlined here: https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7218/dark-mode-ssms-configuration/
Microsoft SQL Server Studio - Dark Mode
Kıvanç ÖZDEMİR
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Is there any official method to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Studio with Dark Mode?
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Anonymous2024-06-21T02:25:09.6266667+00:00 I found https://www.sqlshades.com/ on a reddit thread. Downloaded it, restarted SSMS, and now dark mode is enabled by default.
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Pedro Valente 15 Reputation points2024-10-09T10:08:35.4633333+00:00 Still to adapt to https://www.sqlshades.com/, but works!
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Yitzhak Khabinsky
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Yitzhak Khabinsky 27,196 Reputation points
2024-05-23T19:53:28.53+00:00 It works perfectly well with both SSMS 19 and SSMS 20.
The difference is a location on the file system:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\Common7\IDE\ssms.pkgundef
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 20\Common7\IDE\ssms.pkgundef
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Troy Krajancic 5 Reputation points2024-06-09T03:32:16.18+00:00 @Yitzhak Khabinsky It only changes the Ribbon and the Query Window. The Object Explorer and Results Grid aren't changed, so pretty much useless.
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Yitzhak Khabinsky 27,196 Reputation points
2024-06-09T14:12:46.3466667+00:00 Please try SQL Shades: https://www.sqlshades.com/
It is free of charge, and much more complete solution.
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Harsh Sugandhi 0 Reputation points2024-07-03T04:42:42.13+00:00 Does work partially, by this I mean only the text Editor window appears in dark mode, everything else is same.
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Andrew Freese 0 Reputation points2024-04-03T21:40:33.4+00:00 You might want to give SQL Shades a try - I've been using it a short time and its better than the old hacky solutions. https://www.sqlshades.com/
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Yan, Lei 0 Reputation points2024-04-17T15:21:26.15+00:00 Run this Python code as Administator.
SSMS 19 added, modify the path to your SSMS installation folder if need.import pathlib import re def modify_file(source_path, target_path, pattern, replacement): """ Reads the content of source_path, replaces occurrences of pattern with replacement, and writes the results back to target_path. """ # Ensure the source file exists before trying to read it if source_path.exists(): content = source_path.read_text() modified_content = re.sub(pattern, replacement, content) target_path.write_text(modified_content) print(f"Updated file: {target_path}") else: print(f"File not found: {source_path}") # Define paths and pattern for replacement paths_versions = { 16: ("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server\\130\\Tools\\Binn\\ManagementStudio\\ssms.pkgundef", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server\\140\\Tools\\Binn\\ManagementStudio\\ssms.pkgundef"), 17: ("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server\\140\\Tools\\Binn\\ManagementStudio\\ssms.pkgundef", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server\\140\\Tools\\Binn\\ManagementStudio\\ssms.pkgundef"), 18: ("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\\Common7\\IDE\\ssms.pkgundef", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\\Common7\\IDE\\ssms.pkgundef"), 19: ("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\\Common7\\IDE\\ssms.pkgundef", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19\\Common7\\IDE\\ssms.pkgundef") } pattern = r'''\[\`\$RootKey\`\$\\Themes\\{1ded0138-47ce-435e-84ef-9ec1f439b749}\]''' replacement = r'''//[`$RootKey`$\\Themes\{1ded0138-47ce-435e-84ef-9ec1f439b749}]''' # Process each version for version, (source, target) in paths_versions.items(): source_path = pathlib.Path(source) target_path = pathlib.Path(target) modify_file(source_path, target_path, pattern, replacement) -
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Pierson, Karen 0 Reputation points2024-12-11T13:33:01.8766667+00:00 https://www.sqlshack.com/setting-up-the-dark-theme-in-sql-server-management-studio/
This just worked for me to add the Dark option back to 20.
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Dan Guzman 9,521 Reputation points2024-12-11T15:20:30.0466667+00:00 SSMS Dark mode has was added to the latest SQL Server Management Studio 21 Preview release. This SSMS preview can be installed side-by-side with earlier versions.
Although SSMS 21 with the Dark Mode feature is not yet GA (as of this writing), consider installing it to try it out and provide feedback to the product team.