Colour schemes
Mergepond has four colour schemes. By default it follows macOS, switching between Light and Dark as the system does. Pick a scheme by hand and it stays put until you change it.
Where to find it
- View › Appearance…, or the Appearance button at the right of the title bar.
- Command palette › View: Use the Pond colour scheme, Use the Light colour scheme, Use the Dark colour scheme, Use the Greyscale colour scheme; Switch between Light and Dark with macOS or Stop following macOS Light and Dark.
The four schemes
| Scheme | As the sheet describes it | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pond | Deep water and teal, the Mergepond look | A dark blue-green field with teal accents. The eight lane colours in full. |
| Light | White and neutral greys, teal only for actions | Lane colours in full. |
| Dark | Neutral dark greys, teal only for actions | Lane colours in full. |
| Greyscale | Plain greys; only added and removed lines keep colour | Lane colours become greys, the accent near-black. Added and removed diff lines keep their tints and are also marked + and −; the Merged tag gains a tick, so nothing depends on hue alone. |
The Appearance sheet
The sheet opens with "Pick a colour scheme. Workspace colours and the commit graph adapt to it." and shows the four schemes as tiles you pick like radio buttons.
| Control | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Scheme tiles | Light or Dark, from macOS | Picks a scheme. Picking one turns off Switch between Light and Dark with macOS. |
| Switch between Light and Dark with macOS | On | Follows the system appearance: Light when macOS is light, Dark when it is dark, changing as the system does. Turning it back on switches to whichever matches macOS now. |
| Done | Closes the sheet. |
The choice is saved on this Mac and shared by every window.
What adapts
- Workspace colours are the same eight lane colours in Pond, Light and Dark; Greyscale turns them to greys. See Workspace colour.
- The commit graph draws its lanes from the same eight colours, so Greyscale gives a grey graph.
- Diffs keep koi for removed and lily for added lines in every scheme; Greyscale adds the
+and−marks. - Signature badges, state pills and tags keep their meaning by text in every scheme.
Free and Pro
Colour schemes are the same on Free and Pro.