How to keep my (custom) IDE color scheme after switching themes?

Question

Delphi Rio comes with two color schemes: dark and light.
I open Tools->Options->Editor->Color and changed the dark color scheme to make it even darker.

But after switching to the 'light' theme and then back to the 'dark' theme my colors were lost:

I don't get how this color editor works. How do I permanently store my colors?

Please stop adding bogus tags. If you are asking about Rio, that's the only version tag that should be here. I already fixed your tags once. — David Heffernan, Mar 05 '20 at 19:12
Ok, In `Rio` there are new menu items in the previous "Layout" menu, which I can not test myself, so I deleted my answer. — Tom Brunberg, Mar 05 '20 at 19:17
Otoh, it would be logical that the `Custom` item (which is empty in your case) would give you your own setup, even if `Dark` and `Light` only gives the presets? — Tom Brunberg, Mar 05 '20 at 19:20
@TomBrunberg - Yes it would make sense indeed but it won't let me change the "Custom" item. — Gabriel, Mar 05 '20 at 19:23
It doesn't matter which menu I use to change the theme (I could also do it from "Options"). The bug still manifests. — Gabriel, Mar 05 '20 at 19:25
This is a bug. https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-19524 — Dalija Prasnikar, Mar 05 '20 at 19:44
Man.... how can Embarcadero release a product with such an obvious bug. It is like they never ever tried to edit a single color. — Gabriel, Mar 05 '20 at 19:59
@DalijaPrasnikar - can you post this as an answer? I will accept it. — Gabriel, Mar 05 '20 at 20:00
If you don't have to switch themes often, you can set your theme, then go to registry Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight (not 100% sure it is right key) and export that. When you switch themes, you can restore you settings after you close the IDE. It is not proper solution, but maybe it will be enough for your needs. You can also add that to the answer to make it more substantial. — Dalija Prasnikar, Mar 05 '20 at 20:08
@DalijaPrasnikar - I was working exactly on a similar "patch" :) I would call it rather a "backup solution" in the case when I accidentally switch the theme and blow up my color settings. — Gabriel, Mar 05 '20 at 21:03
Dark themes were introduced in 10.2.2 Tokyo and this is when I reported the bug... it was there from the start. https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/new-in-10-2-2-dark-ide-theme — Dalija Prasnikar, Mar 05 '20 at 21:53

Gabriel · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-06T17:02:47.107

Know Delphi bug (no wonder why Delphi will fall out of Tiobe index) as reported by Dalija: quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-19524.

Workaround:
Setup editor colors for "dark" theme and save the key.
Setup editor colors for "light" them and save the registry.
When you want to switch between themes, shutdown Delphi and load the registry key.

Update:
There is a similar bug while trying to customize the Object Inspector. Color settings are lots without even changing the theme!

Dark theme example:
Here are color for pure-dark (green font, black bkg) theme:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Additional search match highlight] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$006202E3" "Background Color New"="$0033001B"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Assembler] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00FF53BE" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Attribute Names] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clWhite" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Attribute Values] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clRed" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Brace Highlight] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00804917" "Background Color New"="$00791116"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Character] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clYellow" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Code folding tree] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00597D73" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Comment] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clSilver" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Diff addition] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clNavy" "Background Color New"="clYellow"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Diff deletion] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clNavy" "Background Color New"="clRed"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Diff move] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clNavy" "Background Color New"="clBlue"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Disabled break] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$001B1514"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Enabled break] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$00000F0F"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Error line] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$0036234B"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Execution point] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$0033001A"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Float] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00AEFFFF" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Folded code] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$0000FF80" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Hex] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clFuchsia" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Hot Link] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="True" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clAqua" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Identifier] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clLime" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Illegal Char] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clRed" "Background Color New"="clWhite"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Invalid break] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$002B2B33"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Line Highlight] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="$00350000"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Line Number] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00757464" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Marked block] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00F9FFD2" "Background Color New"="$00CA5735"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Modified line] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$0000FF80" "Background Color New"="clYellow"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Number] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clYellow" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Octal] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clFuchsia" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Plain text] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$00C9FF80" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Preprocessor] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$003C92DF" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Reserved word] "Bold"="True" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="$008CFF4F" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Right margin] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clSilver" "Background Color New"="clWhite"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Scripts] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clRed" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Search match] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlue" "Background Color New"="clYellow"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\String] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clRed" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Structural Highlighting] "Enabled"="True" "Color1"="$00FF86FF" "Color2"="$00FE85CD" "Color3"="$00F1A7B0" "Color4"="$00E1CA7B" "FlowControlEnabled"="True" "FlowControlLocation"="1" "ShowSingleLine"="True"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Symbol] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clLime" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Sync edit background] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="True" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlack" "Background Color New"="clGray"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Sync edit highlight] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clBlue" "Background Color New"="clWhite"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Tags] "Bold"="True" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clAqua" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\20.0\Editor\Highlight\Whitespace] "Bold"="False" "Italic"="False" "Underline"="False" "Default Foreground"="False" "Default Background"="False" "Foreground Color New"="clLime" "Background Color New"="clBlack"

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How to keep my (custom) IDE color scheme after switching themes?

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