# How do you change the color of the menus?

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-the-menus/128634>\
**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support, interface\
**Created:** [June 21, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-the-menus/128634 "2022-06-21T21:25:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jalerani](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@jalerani](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/jalerani)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-the-menus/128634/1 "2022-06-21T21:25:08Z")

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I see options to change the color of lots of other things but I don’t see where to change the background color of the menus, I can only see where to change the text font.

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**Author:** ![BClarke](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/bclarke/32/15735_2.png) [@BClarke](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/BClarke)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-the-menus/128634/2 "2022-06-21T23:36:37Z")

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The only way I am aware of to change the menu background color is to change the theme (Window / Themes).

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**Author:** ![AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/antonidol/32/15972_2.png) [@AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AntoniDol)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-color-of-the-menus/128634/3 "2022-06-22T08:17:31Z")

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Search for Theme in this Forum to discover how to create a Theme for Scrivener.

Essentially, rename and unzip the .scrtheme file saved with Save Theme to file, and change the Palette, Stylesheet and Preferences files. ZIP and rename back to .scrtheme and Load Theme from File. Restart Windows to see your new Theme.

[Scrivener 3 Themes (Windows)](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-3-themes-windows/121284)
