rs.ui modifies RStudio files such that they point to css files rs.ui generates. Doing this allows the UI of RStudio to be customized. rs.ui backs up the un-modded RStudio files such that the original RStudio setup can be restored.
Here's an example of a normal-dark mode RStudio theme, wherein the borders are always a blue-ish color:
With rs.ui, you can have something like this in seconds:
rs.ui can be installed with the following command:
devtools::install_github("grcatlin/rs.ui")
The basic flow of rs.ui is to call rs.ui(), then reboot or reload RStudio.
library(rs.ui)
rs.ui(main_color = "#205d89")
Notice only the editor is modified at this point, you need to restart RStudio or reload it from here.
Upon restart
From here, you will only need to use the rs.ui library again if you want to change the theme or restore RStudio!
If provided a main_color, rs.ui generates a custom theme based off this color by calculating tints/shades and analogous colors. If rs.ui generates a theme you enjoy, it can be exported with the export parameter so it can be shared!
If provided a valid theme_def, no generation takes place and rs.ui writes css files according to the provided theme_def. This option was added to allow finer control and sharing between rs.ui users.
rs.ui(main_color = "#504066")
rs.ui(main_color = "#5f8065")
rs.ui(main_color = "#545255")
rs.ui(theme_def = theme_def_ex)
my_theme = read.csv("theme.csv")
rs.ui(theme_def = my_theme)
At the moment, only MacOS is supported but it is possible to do the same on Windows and/or Linux.
Major shout-out goes to rileytwo's darkstudio which served as the basis for this project. I hope you enjoy this (I think) cool, but mostly useless, package! 💝