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Is there any official method to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Studio with Dark Mode?
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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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Still to adapt to https://www.sqlshades.com/, but works!
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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/
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does not work for 19
It works perfectly well with both SSMS 19 and SSMS 20.
The difference is a location on the file system:
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@Yitzhak Khabinsky It only changes the Ribbon and the Query Window. The Object Explorer and Results Grid aren't changed, so pretty much useless.
Please try SQL Shades: https://www.sqlshades.com/
It is free of charge, and much more complete solution.
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Does work partially, by this I mean only the text Editor window appears in dark mode, everything else is same.
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I use Visual Studio Code, in dark mode, with the Microsoft Official extension named 'mssql for Visual Studio Code' or 'MSSQL'.