ABAPers are you tired of the default appearance of the ABAP Editor in SAP NetWeaver? Do you wish to add a personal touch to your coding environment? With just a few steps, you can customize the theme of your ABAP Editor to suit your taste and make coding sessions more enjoyable.
ABAP Editor Dark Theme
Step 1: Open ABAP Editor Directory
Begin by navigating to the ABAP Editor directory. You can do this by opening the Command Prompt and running the following command:
start "" "%APPDATA%\SAP\SAP GUI\ABAP Editor"
Alternatively, you can directly open the folder \AppData\Roaming\SAP\SAP GUI\ABAP Editor.
Step -2 Replace abap_spec.xml File
Once you have accessed the ABAP Editor folder, locate the abap_spec.xml file. This file contains the specifications for the editor's theme. Note: Before making any changes, it's advisable to create a backup of the original abap_spec.xml file.
Now Replace the source code of abap_spec.xml with your below code.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="lang_spec.xslt"?>
<XMLConfigSettings>
<FILEINFO>
<Author>Alex Arseniev</Author>
<Type>LangSpec</Type>
<Language>ABAP4</Language>
<Desc>Language specification for ABAP4</Desc>
</FILEINFO>
<SPECIFICATION>
<FilePattern>*.ecatt</FilePattern>
<CaseSensitive>0</CaseSensitive>
<OpenClose>()[]''``</OpenClose>
<Delimiters>,.:</Delimiters>
<WrapBy>(),</WrapBy>
<EscapeChar></EscapeChar>
<LineEnd>.</LineEnd>
<Operators>?-+/&*=<>~</Operators>
<Words>0-9a-Z_/-<></Words>
<Numbers>-+0-9a-fA-F.xXUL</Numbers>
<HierarchySeparator>
<Separator id="1" text="-"/>
<Separator id="2" text="->"/>
<Separator id="3" text="=>"/>
</HierarchySeparator>
</SPECIFICATION>
<COMPLEX_USING>
<Word text="at"/>
<Word text="where"/>
<Word text="key"/>
</COMPLEX_USING>
<STRUCTURES>
<Structure open="region" close="endregion" header="0" has_name="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="if" middle="else" close="endif" header="1" sent_start="1">
<Middle name="elseif"/>
</Structure>
<Structure open="case" middle="when" close="endcase" header="1" sent_start="1">
<Middle name="others"/>
</Structure>
<Structure open="loop" close="endloop" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="form" close="endform" has_name="1" separator="1" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="while" close="endwhile" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="do" close="enddo" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="try" middle="catch" close="endtry" header="1" sent_start="1">
<Middle name="cleanup"/>
</Structure>
<Structure open="class" close="endclass" has_name="1" separator="1" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="method" close="endmethod" has_name="1" separator="1" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="function" close="endfunction" has_name="1" separator="1" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="module" close="endmodule" has_name="1" separator="1" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="interface" close="endinterface" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="at" close="endat" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="exec" close="endexec" header="0" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="define" close="end-of-definition" has_name="1" separator="1" header="0" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="provide" close="endprovide" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="select" close="endselect" header="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="begin" close="end" header="0"/>
<Structure open="enhancement" close="endenhancement" header="0" has_name="1" separator="1" sent_start="1"/>
<Structure open="enhancement-section" close="end-enhancement-section" header="0" has_name="1" separator="1" sent_start="1"/>
</STRUCTURES>
<FORMAT>
<DefaultIndent>2</DefaultIndent>
<ResetFormatSymbols>,</ResetFormatSymbols>
<FormatWords>
<FormatWord word="data" indent="6" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="field-symbols" indent="15" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="importing" indent="2" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="exporting" indent="2" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="changing" indent="2" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="exceptions" indent="2" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="tables" indent="2" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="using" indent="6" next_line="1"/>
<FormatWord word="elseif" indent="-2"/>
</FormatWords>
</FORMAT>
<SYNTAXINFO>
<InfoType id="1" name="Compiler error" clr="-1"/>
<InfoType id="2" name="Performance tip" clr="-1"/>
<InfoType id="3" name="Syntax tip" clr="-1"/>
<InfoType id="4" name="Spelling error" clr="-1"/>
</SYNTAXINFO>
<COLORSYNTAX>
<TextType id="8" name="Breakpoint" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="16777215" bkclr="139"/>
<TextType id="10" name="Changed indicator" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="139"/>
<TextType id="11" name="Changed and saved indicator" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="12895487"/>
<TextType id="5" name="Current line" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="-1" bkclr="15918553"/>
<TextType id="6" name="Erroneous line" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="65535" bkclr="255"/>
<TextType id="7" name="Execution" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="16777215" bkclr="3329330"/>
<TextType id="3" name="Inactive selected text" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="-1" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="4" name="Line number" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="9342520"/>
<TextType id="13" name="Maximum line length" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="255"/>
<TextType id="2" name="Selected text" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="16777215" bkclr="9922608"/>
<TextType id="1" name="Selection margin" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="14281970"/>
<TextType id="21" name="Text highlights" bold="1" italic="0" underline="0" clr="0" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="22" name="Text highlights error" bold="1" italic="0" underline="0" clr="255" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="30" name="Normal" dstyle="0" dbkclr="0" bold="0" italic="0" underline="0" clr="-1" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="9" name="Read-only mode" dstyle="1" dbkclr="1" clr="15789798"/>
<TextType id="31" name="Comments" dstyle="0" dbkclr="0" text="1" bold="0" italic="1" underline="0" clr="8421504" bkclr="-1">
<FirstChar>*</FirstChar>
<Conditions>
<Condition start=""" end="\n"/>
</Conditions>
</TextType>
<TextType id="52" name="Keywords" ImageIdx="13" bold="0" italic="0" underline="0" clr="16711680" bkclr="-1" CaseDisplayMode="0">
<Keywords>
<Keyword text="Class-pool"/>
<Keyword text="Function-pool"/>
<Keyword text="Include"/>
<Keyword text="Interface-pool"/>
<Keyword text="Program"/>
<Keyword text="Report"/>
<Keyword text="Type-pool"/>
<Keyword text="bound"/>
<Keyword text="Class"/>
<Keyword text="Class-data"/>
<Keyword text="Class-events"/>
<Keyword text="Class-methods"/>
<Keyword text="Constants"/>
<Keyword text="Contexts"/>
<Keyword text="Data"/>
<Keyword text="Definition"/>
<Keyword text="Endclass"/>
<Keyword text="Endinterface"/>
<Keyword text="Enhancement"/>
<Keyword text="Endenhancement"/>
<Keyword text="Enhancement-section"/>
<Keyword text="End-enhancement-section"/>
<Keyword text="Events"/>
<Keyword text="Field-groups"/>
<Keyword text="Field-symbols"/>
<Keyword text="Implementation"/>
<Keyword text="Interface"/>
<Keyword text="Interfaces"/>
<Keyword text="Local"/>
<Keyword text="Methods"/>
<Keyword text="Parameters"/>
<Keyword text="Private"/>
<Keyword text="Protected"/>
<Keyword text="Public"/>
<Keyword text="Ranges"/>
<Keyword text="Section"/>
<Keyword text="Selection-screen"/>
<Keyword text="Select-options"/>
<Keyword text="Static"/>
<Keyword text="Statics"/>
<Keyword text="spots"/>
<Keyword text="Type-pools"/>
<Keyword text="Types"/>
<Keyword text="During "/>
<Keyword text="End-of-page"/>
<Keyword text="End-of-selection"/>
<Keyword text="Initialization"/>
<Keyword text="Line-selection"/>
<Keyword text="Line-selection"/>
<Keyword text="Load-of-program"/>
<Keyword text="Selection-screen"/>
<Keyword text="Start-of-selection"/>
<Keyword text="Top-of-page"/>
<Keyword text="User-command"/>
<Keyword text="and"/>
<Keyword text="assigned"/>
<Keyword text="At"/>
<Keyword text="Begin"/>
<Keyword text="between"/>
<Keyword text="block"/>
<Keyword text="byte-ca"/>
<Keyword text="byte-cn"/>
<Keyword text="byte-co"/>
<Keyword text="byte-cs"/>
<Keyword text="byte-na"/>
<Keyword text="byte-ns"/>
<Keyword text="Ca"/>
<Keyword text="Call"/>
<Keyword text="Case"/>
<Keyword text="Catch"/>
<Keyword text="Change"/>
<Keyword text="Check"/>
<Keyword text="Cleanup"/>
<Keyword text="cn"/>
<Keyword text="co"/>
<Keyword text="Continue"/>
<Keyword text="cp"/>
<Keyword text="cs"/>
<Keyword text="Define"/>
<Keyword text="Do"/>
<Keyword text="Else"/>
<Keyword text="Elseif"/>
<Keyword text="End"/>
<Keyword text="Endat"/>
<Keyword text="Endcase"/>
<Keyword text="Enddo"/>
<Keyword text="Endexec"/>
<Keyword text="Endform"/>
<Keyword text="Endfunction"/>
<Keyword text="Endif"/>
<Keyword text="Endloop"/>
<Keyword text="Endmethod"/>
<Keyword text="Endmodule"/>
<Keyword text="End-of-definition"/>
<Keyword text="Endon"/>
<Keyword text="Endprovide"/>
<Keyword text="Endselect"/>
<Keyword text="Endtry"/>
<Keyword text="Endwhile"/>
<Keyword text="eq"/>
<Keyword text="Exec"/>
<Keyword text="Exit"/>
<Keyword text="first"/>
<Keyword text="Form"/>
<Keyword text="Function"/>
<Keyword text="ge"/>
<Keyword text="gt"/>
<Keyword text="If"/>
<Keyword text="in"/>
<Keyword text="initial"/>
<Keyword text="is"/>
<Keyword text="last"/>
<Keyword text="le"/>
<Keyword text="Leave"/>
<Keyword text="Loop"/>
<Keyword text="lt"/>
<Keyword text="M"/>
<Keyword text="Method"/>
<Keyword text="Module"/>
<Keyword text="na"/>
<Keyword text="ne"/>
<Keyword text="new"/>
<Keyword text="not"/>
<Keyword text="np"/>
<Keyword text="ns"/>
<Keyword text="o"/>
<Keyword text="of"/>
<Keyword text="On"/>
<Keyword text="or"/>
<Keyword text="Perform"/>
<Keyword text="Provide"/>
<Keyword text="requested"/>
<Keyword text="Return"/>
<Keyword text="screen"/>
<Keyword text="Select"/>
<Keyword text="Sql"/>
<Keyword text="Stop"/>
<Keyword text="supplied"/>
<Keyword text="transaction"/>
<Keyword text="Try"/>
<Keyword text="When"/>
<Keyword text="While"/>
<Keyword text="z"/>
<Keyword text="Abs"/>
<Keyword text="Abs"/>
<Keyword text="Abs"/>
<Keyword text="Acos"/>
<Keyword text="Add"/>
<Keyword text="Add-corresponding"/>
<Keyword text="Adjacent"/>
<Keyword text="Aliases"/>
<Keyword text="all"/>
<Keyword text="Analyzer"/>
<Keyword text="Any"/>
<Keyword text="Append"/>
<Keyword text="appending"/>
<Keyword text="as"/>
<Keyword text="ascending"/>
<Keyword text="Asin"/>
<Keyword text="Assign"/>
<Keyword text="assigning"/>
<Keyword text="Assert"/>
<Keyword text="Atan"/>
<Keyword text="Authority-check"/>
<Keyword text="Avg"/>
<Keyword text="Back"/>
<Keyword text="BAdi"/>
<Keyword text="binary"/>
<Keyword text="Bit"/>
<Keyword text="Bit-and"/>
<Keyword text="Bit-not"/>
<Keyword text="Bit-or"/>
<Keyword text="Bit-xor"/>
<Keyword text="Blank"/>
<Keyword text="Bound"/>
<Keyword text="Break-point"/>
<Keyword text="buffer"/>
<Keyword text="by"/>
<Keyword text="c"/>
<Keyword text="case"/>
<Keyword text="Ceil"/>
<Keyword text="Centered"/>
<Keyword text="changing"/>
<Keyword text="Charlen"/>
<Keyword text="Checkbox"/>
<Keyword text="Clear"/>
<Keyword text="client"/>
<Keyword text="Close"/>
<Keyword text="Cnt"/>
<Keyword text="Code"/>
<Keyword text="Collect"/>
<Keyword text="color"/>
<Keyword text="col_negative"/>
<Keyword text="col_normal"/>
<Keyword text="Comment"/>
<Keyword text="Commit"/>
<Keyword text="Communication"/>
<Keyword text="comparing"/>
<Keyword text="component"/>
<Keyword text="Compute"/>
<Keyword text="Concatenate"/>
<Keyword text="Condense"/>
<Keyword text="Control"/>
<Keyword text="Controls"/>
<Keyword text="Convert"/>
<Keyword text="Copy"/>
<Keyword text="Cos"/>
<Keyword text="Cosh"/>
<Keyword text="Count"/>
<Keyword text="Country"/>
<Keyword text="Create"/>
<Keyword text="Currency"/>
<Keyword text="Cursor"/>
<Keyword text="Customer-function"/>
<Keyword text="Database"/>
<Keyword text="Dataset"/>
<Keyword text="date"/>
<Keyword text="Dbmaxlen"/>
<Keyword text="Decimals"/>
<Keyword text="default"/>
<Keyword text="Delete"/>
<Keyword text="Demand"/>
<Keyword text="descending"/>
<Keyword text="Describe"/>
<Keyword text="Detail"/>
<Keyword text="Dialog"/>
<Keyword text="Distinct"/>
<Keyword text="Div"/>
<Keyword text="Divide"/>
<Keyword text="Divide-corresponding"/>
<Keyword text="duplicates"/>
<Keyword text="Dynpro"/>
<Keyword text="Edit"/>
<Keyword text="Editor-call"/>
<Keyword text="encoding"/>
<Keyword text="equal"/>
<Keyword text="Event"/>
<Keyword text="Exceptions"/>
<Keyword text="excluding"/>
<Keyword text="Exp"/>
<Keyword text="Exponent"/>
<Keyword text="Export"/>
<Keyword text="exporting"/>
<Keyword text="Extended"/>
<Keyword text="Extract"/>
<Keyword text="Fetch"/>
<Keyword text="Field"/>
<Keyword text="Fields"/>
<Keyword text="Find"/>
<Keyword text="Floor"/>
<Keyword text="for"/>
<Keyword text="Format"/>
<Keyword text="Frac"/>
<Keyword text="frame"/>
<Keyword text="Free"/>
<Keyword text="from"/>
<Keyword text="Generate"/>
<Keyword text="Get"/>
<Keyword text="greater"/>
<Keyword text="Group"/>
<Keyword text="handler"/>
<Keyword text="hashed"/>
<Keyword text="header"/>
<Keyword text="help-id"/>
<Keyword text="Help-request"/>
<Keyword text="Hide"/>
<Keyword text="Hotspot"/>
<Keyword text="i"/>
<Keyword text="Icon"/>
<Keyword text="id"/>
<Keyword text="Import"/>
<Keyword text="importing"/>
<Keyword text="index"/>
<Keyword text="Infotypes"/>
<Keyword text="Inheriting"/>
<Keyword text="Input"/>
<Keyword text="Insert"/>
<Keyword text="intensified"/>
<Keyword text="into"/>
<Keyword text="Inverse"/>
<Keyword text="Join"/>
<Keyword text="key"/>
<Keyword text="Language"/>
<Keyword text="Leading"/>
<Keyword text="left"/>
<Keyword text="left-justified"/>
<Keyword text="less"/>
<Keyword text="Like"/>
<Keyword text="Line"/>
<Keyword text="Line-count"/>
<Keyword text="Lines"/>
<Keyword text="Line-size"/>
<Keyword text="List-processing"/>
<Keyword text="Load"/>
<Keyword text="lower"/>
<Keyword text="Locale"/>
<Keyword text="Log"/>
<Keyword text="Log10"/>
<Keyword text="Margin"/>
<Keyword text="Mask"/>
<Keyword text="Matchcode"/>
<Keyword text="Max"/>
<Keyword text="memory"/>
<Keyword text="Message"/>
<Keyword text="Message-id"/>
<Keyword text="Min"/>
<Keyword text="Mod"/>
<Keyword text="mode"/>
<Keyword text="Modify"/>
<Keyword text="Move"/>
<Keyword text="Move-corresponding"/>
<Keyword text="Multiply"/>
<Keyword text="Multiply-corresponding"/>
<Keyword text="New-line"/>
<Keyword text="New-page"/>
<Keyword text="Next"/>
<Keyword text="no "/>
<Keyword text="nodes"/>
<Keyword text="No-gap"/>
<Keyword text="No-heading"/>
<Keyword text="Non-unique"/>
<Keyword text="No-scrolling"/>
<Keyword text="No-sign"/>
<Keyword text="No-title"/>
<Keyword text="No-zero"/>
<Keyword text="number"/>
<Keyword text="Numofchar"/>
<Keyword text="Object"/>
<Keyword text="occurs"/>
<Keyword text="occurrences"/>
<Keyword text="Open"/>
<Keyword text="optional"/>
<Keyword text="order"/>
<Keyword text="others"/>
<Keyword text="Output"/>
<Keyword text="Overlay"/>
<Keyword text="Pack"/>
<Keyword text="Page"/>
<Keyword text="Parameter"/>
<Keyword text="Pf-status"/>
<Keyword text="places"/>
<Keyword text="position"/>
<Keyword text="Print"/>
<Keyword text="Print-control"/>
<Keyword text="Property"/>
<Keyword text="Put"/>
<Keyword text="Radiobutton"/>
<Keyword text="Raise"/>
<Keyword text="Raising"/>
<Keyword text="Read"/>
<Keyword text="Receive"/>
<Keyword text="redefinition"/>
<Keyword text="ref"/>
<Keyword text="reference"/>
<Keyword text="Refresh"/>
<Keyword text="Reject"/>
<Keyword text="Replace"/>
<Keyword text="Reserve"/>
<Keyword text="Reset"/>
<Keyword text="right-justified"/>
<Keyword text="Rollback"/>
<Keyword text="Round"/>
<Keyword text="rows"/>
<Keyword text="Rtti"/>
<Keyword text="Run"/>
<Keyword text="Scan"/>
<Keyword text="Scroll"/>
<Keyword text="Scroll-boundary"/>
<Keyword text="Search"/>
<Keyword text="Selection-table"/>
<Keyword text="separated"/>
<Keyword text="Set"/>
<Keyword text="shared"/>
<Keyword text="Shift"/>
<Keyword text="Sign"/>
<Keyword text="Sin"/>
<Keyword text="single"/>
<Keyword text="Sinh"/>
<Keyword text="Size"/>
<Keyword text="Skip"/>
<Keyword text="Sort"/>
<Keyword text="sorted"/>
<Keyword text="Specified"/>
<Keyword text="Split"/>
<Keyword text="Sqrt"/>
<Keyword text="Stamp"/>
<Keyword text="standard"/>
<Keyword text="starting"/>
<Keyword text="string"/>
<Keyword text="Strlen"/>
<Keyword text="Structure"/>
<Keyword text="Submit"/>
<Keyword text="Subtract"/>
<Keyword text="Subtract-corresponding"/>
<Keyword text="Sum"/>
<Keyword text="Summary"/>
<Keyword text="Supply"/>
<Keyword text="Suppress"/>
<Keyword text="Symbol"/>
<Keyword text="Syntax-check"/>
<Keyword text="Syntax-trace"/>
<Keyword text="System-call"/>
<Keyword text="System-exceptions"/>
<Keyword text="table"/>
<Keyword text="Tables"/>
<Keyword text="Tan"/>
<Keyword text="Tanh"/>
<Keyword text="task"/>
<Keyword text="Text"/>
<Keyword text="Textpool"/>
<Keyword text="Time"/>
<Keyword text="times"/>
<Keyword text="title"/>
<Keyword text="Titlebar"/>
<Keyword text="to"/>
<Keyword text="Transfer"/>
<Keyword text="Translate"/>
<Keyword text="transporting"/>
<Keyword text="Trunc"/>
<Keyword text="type"/>
<Keyword text="Uline"/>
<Keyword text="under"/>
<Keyword text="unique"/>
<Keyword text="Unit"/>
<Keyword text="Unpack"/>
<Keyword text="up"/>
<Keyword text="Update"/>
<Keyword text="upper"/>
<Keyword text="using"/>
<Keyword text="value"/>
<Keyword text="Value-request"/>
<Keyword text="Wait"/>
<Keyword text="Where"/>
<Keyword text="Window"/>
<Keyword text="with"/>
<Keyword text="With-title"/>
<Keyword text="Work"/>
<Keyword text="Write"/>
<Keyword text="x"/>
<Keyword text="xor"/>
<Keyword text="xstring"/>
<Keyword text="Xstrlen"/>
<Keyword text="zone"/>
</Keywords>
</TextType>
<TextType id="32" name="Numbers" dstyle="0" dbkclr="0" bold="0" italic="0" underline="0" clr="16750899" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="33" name="Strings" dstyle="0" dbkclr="0" text="1" bold="0" italic="0" underline="0" clr="1680973" bkclr="-1">
<FirstChar/>
<Conditions>
<Condition start="'" end="'"/>
<Condition start="`" end="`"/>
</Conditions>
</TextType>
<TextType id="40" name="Syntactical error" dstyle="1" dbkclr="0" clr="255" bkclr="-1"/>
<TextType id="70" name="Token operator" bold="0" italic="0" underline="0" clr="8421504" bkclr="-1"/>
</COLORSYNTAX>
</XMLConfigSettings>
By following these simple steps, you can transform the appearance of your ABAP Editor and create a more personalized coding environment. Enjoy coding with a fresh new look that reflects your style and enhances your productivity.
If you wish to create your own theme, you can easily do so by navigating to the options menu and selecting "Fonts and Colors." This feature allows you to customize the visual aspects of the ABAP Editor to your liking, empowering you to create a personalized coding environment tailored to your preferences.
Customize the ABAP Editor theme in SAP NetWeaver for a personalized coding environment. Follow simple steps to create a workspace that enhances creativity and productivity in your ABAP development journey.
I am writing this blog inspired by the following blog authored by @alexey_arseniev . It's an amazing piece of work that provides valuable insights into the ABAP Editor.
https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-blog-posts/old-new-abap-editor/bc-p/13328531
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy your newly customized ABAP Editor.
Hamad
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