Customizing the diff view with themes

Tower lets you customize how code looks in the diff view and in the Blame view — from syntax coloring to the font and the colors used for added and deleted lines.

Enabling Syntax Coloring

Go to Preferences → Text and check Enable Syntax Coloring. Use the Syntax Coloring in Diffs option to control whether your diffs are colored as well.

This dialog also lets you show invisible characters and set the tab width.

Choosing a Theme

Go to Preferences → Themes and select one of the built-in themes (such as Default, Monokai, Solarized, or Twilight). You can choose a different theme for each appearance — for example, a bright theme for the light appearance and a darker one for the dark appearance.

Creating Your Own Theme

Click the + button below the list of themes to create a new one. You can then customize:

• the font and font size
• the color of each syntax element (keywords, strings, comments, numbers, and more)
• the font, background, and selection colors
• the colors for highlighting added and deleted lines

The preview at the bottom of the dialog shows your changes right away.

Sharing Themes

Themes are stored as .towertheme files. Click Export… to save the selected theme to a file you can share with your teammates or take to a new machine. To install a theme file you received, click Import… and select the file.