All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist
Unfortunately Oracle doesn't make it easy to import a new colour scheme into SQL Developer, thus a little bit of hacking is required.
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Close SQL Developer. This is important. If you modify the scheme file while SQL Developer is open, your changes won't be saved.
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Locate the file dtcache.xml in the SQL Developer's settings directory.
Windows:
%APPDATA%\SQL Developer\systemn.n.n.n.n.n\o.ide.n.n.n.n.n.n.nExample:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\system26.2.0.186.2220\o.ide.14.1.2.0.42.260217.1610Linux or Mac OS X:
~/.sqldeveloper/systemn.n.n.n.n.n/o.ide.n.n.n.n.n.n.nExample:
~/.sqldeveloper/system19.1.0.094.2042/o.ide.13.0.0.1.42.170225.201 -
Insert the content of the desired color scheme file (Rosé Pine.xml/Rosé Pine Moon.xml/Rosé Pine Dawn.xml) inside <schemeMap> alongside the other colour schemes. Be careful not to break the XML. But don't worry about the identation, SQL Developer will format the XML the next time you launch it.
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Launch SQL Developer. Navigate to menu Tools->Preferences, then select item Code Editor -> PL/SQL Syntax Colors in the left pane.
You can see the original instructions provided by the Dracula Theme Team and by Ozmoroz:
- ozmoroz and Dracula Theme for the original instructions for how to install a theme for Oracle SQL Developer.
You can edit the colorscheme in the Preferences window of SQL Developer, and extract the changes from the dtcache.xml file.




