About Workbench themes

Workbench themes customize the user interface.

A theme is a predefined collection of design elements that determine the way an application appears on screen. Within the framework, a theme is a module that controls the appearance of Workbench on the local computer. It defines fonts and colors, as well as the icons used in the display. Choosing a different theme affects only the framework’s appearance, there is no other impact.

You can customize your Workbench display by selecting the theme that you prefer. Workbench provides standard built-in themes as part of the default application environment:

  • Zebra (shown below as theme 1 on the left)

    This theme has a low contrast, grayscale coloring and is the default theme.

  • Lucid (shown below as theme 2 on the right)

    Displays a blue and gray color scheme.

Figure 1. Zebra (left) and Lucid (right)


To change the Workbench theme, click Tools > Options to see the active theme in the General tab. Click the Active theme drop-down arrow and click on a different theme option to select it as shown above. For the theme change to take effect, exit Workbench and restart it.

Figure 2. Active Theme drop-down in General settings


Note: To save changes made in Workbench Options, such as a theme change, you must close/exit Workbench using File menu options or click the window’s close box. Closing Workbench in the console does not save your changes.