Font Override for Main Editor

Scrivener Wish List
1

I REALLY love the features available to users in the Compose mode in Scrivener, but there are times where I prefer to be working with the Main Editor but still want the ease of theme switching. I would love it if a font override were made available to users so that they could quickly adjust the font coloring for darker themes instead of having to manually adjust the color of the font in each entry.

If there is already a feature that does this, I’d love to know about it.

2

Not to my knowledge. I’d like this capability but have been given to understand that it is unlikely to arrive.

3

Here is one previous discussion on that matter. In short:

  • You can do this with actual text colour settings. The compiler can strip colour out of text, but it does make it a little more awkward to do quick printouts for proofing and copy and paste with.
  • Since this is a full formatting editor we need at least one stable place in the software that shows your text for what it is. The alternative would be very confusing. One might set and forget the default text colour and then wonder why half of their manuscript prints out blank sheets of paper—because years ago they pasted in some white text from the Web and never realised it.

My approach: if I want a dark working environment, a better approach is to set the Mac itself that way in Accessibility settings, or with a tool like F.lux. Then if I call up Dictionary in the night, I don’t get a sudden blast of white.