Themes in Text Forge

Text Forge supports customizable themes for UI elements. This page explains how themes work, how to create your own, and how to install or share them.

Theme Structure

Each theme is defined as a .tres file. This file is a Godot (text-based) resource in INI style. You can style UI elements with this file.

Getting Themes

Text Forge has some internal themes:

Dark (default) dark

You can find other themes here:

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Installing Themes

To install a theme, open Settings > Open Data Folder, go to the themes/ folder, and paste the .tres file there.

Note

You can use installed themes without restarting the editor.

Changing Editor Theme

To change the theme, go to Settings > Preferences > Editor UI > Theme Name, enter the theme file name (without the extension), and close the Preferences window. The editor will load the new theme.

Creating a Theme

If you want to create themes, use the Godot editor. See the guide for opening the Text Forge source in Godot:

Build Text Forge from source

Then edit res://data/themes/dark.tres in the Godot Theme Editor or create a new theme in that folder. When your theme is complete, rename it and share it. You can test it directly; the editor copies res://data/themes/ to user://themes/ when you run it.

Themes Location

The editor loads all themes from the themes/ folder in the editor data directory. Internal themes live at res://data/themes/.