How to change the color of right sidebar (miniMap) in Sublime Text 3

1. Check your current default theme name

   

   Preferences > setting - Default

   Find "theme"

   

   "theme": "Default.sublime-theme",

   I define the theme name as THEME_NAME for only this article.

2. Check your custom theme name

   

   Preferences > setting - User

   Find "theme"

   Is there no theme? Okay, you're using THEME_NAME you saw earlier. If you saw a theme definition in here, you're using it insted of THEME_NAME (that is overwritten). Now let me re-define THEME_NAME if you found your custom theme here.

3. Make a overwriting-conf file for the theme.

4. Open the User folder

   

   Preferences > Browse-packages

   Finder or explorer will open package folder. Open User folder in that.

5. Create a new file named *THEME_NAME*.sublime-theme . Put lines below into the file.

   [
       {
           "class": "minimap_control",
           "settings": ["always_show_minimap_viewport"],
           "viewport_color": [253, 180, 30, 146],
           "viewport_opacity": 1.0,
       },
   
       {
           "class": "minimap_control",
           "settings": ["!always_show_minimap_viewport"],
           "viewport_color": [253, 180, 30, 146],
           "viewport_opacity": { "target": 0.0, "speed": 4.0, "interpolation": "smoothstep" },
       },
   
       {
           "class": "minimap_control",
           "attributes": ["hover"],
           "settings": ["!always_show_minimap_viewport"],
           "viewport_opacity": { "target": 1.0, "speed": 20.0, "interpolation": "smoothstep" },
       },
   ]
   
   

   The file name should be *THEME_NAME*.sublime-theme. If it was default, should be Default.sublime-theme . If you're using Soda Dark 3 theme, should be Soda Dark 3.sublime-theme.

   Make sure you must place the file into Packages/User folder.

   

   Perhaps you can just run this command below.

      notepad %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Default.sublime-theme
   

6. Restart your Sublime Text 3.

   Congrats. Now you can see the minimap clearly!

Exapmles

Here is my samples.

Make sure you must place them correct Packages/User folder.

On my windows 8.1 machine, it should be here.

%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Default.sublime-theme C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Default.sublime-theme

Thanks

@sergioFC

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25239473/how-to-change-the-color-of-right-sidebar-minimap-in-sublime