Colors in CubeIDE on Linux

ADrub.1 · ‎2025-11-24

Hi! I have Linux Mint 22.2. How can I configure CubeIDE colors so that all windows have a white background? Various combinations of Windows->General->Appearance settings allow you to achieve a maximum white background for all windows except the one where you edit the code.

Version CubeIDE 2.2.0

AScha.3 · ‎2025-11-24

Hi,

did you try basic color setting, not dark (as i have) , but light ...?

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>allow you to achieve a maximum white background for all windows except the one where you edit the code.

afair this is from system default , somewhere (!) you can change this to custom color...but i dont remember now, was searching some time for this.

...like this:

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Souhaib MAZHOUD · ‎2025-11-24

Hello @ADrub.1

Thank you for posting!

Have you tried to switch the Colors and font theme as "Default"?

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ADrub.1 · ‎2025-11-24

I tried it. Here are the default values.

ADrub.1 · ‎2025-11-24

A small clarification: I want the colors to look like they do on Windows.

Souhaib MAZHOUD · ‎2025-11-24

Hello @ADrub.1

Actually, STM32CubeIDE is not supported on the Linux Mint OS yet. Below are the supported operating systems and architectures for STM32CubeIDE 2.0.0:

• Windows® 10 and 11, 64 bits (x64)
• Linux®: Ubuntu® LTS 22.04 and LTS 24.04, and Fedora® 42
• macOS® 15 (Sequoia), macOS® 26 (Tahoe)

However, try to restart CubeIDE or check the system settings to see if it enforces dark mode.

BR, Souhaib

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ADrub.1 · ‎2025-11-24

It didn't help. I had Ubuntu 24.04 and a similar situation. Only the STM32CubeIDE version was 1.19.0.

AScha.3 · ‎2025-11-24

Hi,

did you try basic color setting, not dark (as i have) , but light ...?

+

>allow you to achieve a maximum white background for all windows except the one where you edit the code.

afair this is from system default , somewhere (!) you can change this to custom color...but i dont remember now, was searching some time for this.

...like this:

If you feel a post has answered your question, please click "Accept as Solution".

JennyDigital · ‎2025-11-24

It may not be supported, but there are people like me who have made it work, and work very well. Right now, I'm having a worse experience with it on macOS Tahoe than an unsupported distro with let's call it... expedient fixes.

To get the environment feeling a way I liked, I went and downloaded what I needed from Eclipse Marketplace, That said, I wasn't looking for an exact look and feel like @ADrub.1 is after, I just wen't with something both useful and pretty.

I think I'm going to hold off on updating to version 2 until the dust settles.

ADrub.1 · ‎2025-11-25

Most likely, this problem can only be solved by selecting a light background for applications in the Linux Mint settings.