VBA Editor Dark Mode

Here's how you set up dark mode on the default IDE for Visual Basic (VBA Editor)
Written by Jacob, October 2025
The ugly VBE

The out-of-the-box editing experience is a little hard to use in my opinion... and most others... Not only is there no 'Dark Mode' switch built in, but even the font is hard to read. Exhibit A, the below screenshot.

VBE Dark Mode
Dark Mode?

This is super easy to set up, but not quite the simple checkbox that I would want it to be. Here's what my VBE looks like. You can see not quite everything is dark-themed. The toolbars are still light even with these settings applied.

VBE Dark Mode
First, head up to the Tools-Options area

Click on Tools, then Options:

Then this pop-up should appear:

All you need to do is edit each line item in the Code Colors area, using the Foreground and Background color dropdowns. This is also the area where you can change the font size and type if you so desire. If you want to know my preferences, see below, I took a screenshot of each item.

My Preferences

Here are the settings I use. Feel free to copy.

Normal Text

Selection Text

Syntax Error Text

Execution Point Text

Breakpoint Text

Comment Text

Keyword Text

Indentifier Text

Bookmark Text

Call Return Text

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