Where does sublime store themes?

In st3 you can override packages by creating a same-name folder under ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/

For example, if you want to override the default theme:

  • Open contents of Sublime Text.app (right clic > show package content), locate Contents/MacOS/Packages/Theme - Default.sublime-package

  • .sublime-package files are zip, so copy the file somewhere outside, unzip it, locate the Default.sublime-theme file. It's json.

  • Do your edits to the file

  • Navigate to ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/, create a 'Theme - Default' folder

  • Copy your Default.sublime-theme into the folder you just created

Done. Any edits you'll do to Default.sublime-theme will be auto-loaded in your current theme, no need to restart ST.

For reference:

https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/packages.html


Sublime Text 3 packages installed via Package Control are by default stored as .sublime-package zip files in your Packages directory, whose location depends on your operating system:

  • Linux: ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages
  • OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages
  • Windows Regular Install: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages
  • Windows Portable Install: InstallationFolder\Sublime Text 3\Data\Packages

The easiest way to edit them is to install PackageResourceViewer from Package Control. Once installed, open the Command Palette with ⌘ShiftP (OS X) or CtrlShiftP (Windows/Linux) and type in prv to access the PackageResourceViewer options.

Select Extract Package, then scroll down to Theme - itg.flat and hit Enter. This will extract the package into your Packages folder, which can be easily accessed via your operating system's file manager (Finder, Windows Explorer, Nautilus, etc.) by selecting Sublime Text → Preferences → Browse Packages… (this is for OS X, Windows and Linux have a separate Preferences menu). Any edits to the files in this directory will override the files contained in the Installed Packages/Theme - itg.flat.sublime-package file.

If you only wish to edit a single file, after typing prv into the Command Palette, chose PackageResourceViewer: Open Resource instead. You can then navigate through your packages and choose the file(s) you wish to edit - Theme - itg.flat/itg.flat.dark.sublime-theme, for example. Once you edit the file(s) you have chosen, they will be saved in the Packages directory,

However, please keep in mind that if the package is updated in the future, the changes will not apply because you've overridden them by extracting the files into Packages. This is not quite the case if you choose Open Resource - only the files you chose to edit and save will be stored in Packages, and they will override the identically-named file in the .sublime-package archive. If the package is updated in the future, the file(s) containing your edits will still override the same file(s) in the archive, but the rest of the files will be updated. For example, if you edit itg.flat.dark.sublime-theme via Open Resource, when the entire Theme - itg.flat is updated, your customized file will override the file of the same name in the package archive, but all other files will have the changes from the update applied.

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