# Can you style the Node Red editor?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [24 August 2019 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738 "2019-08-24T09:25:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![michaelblight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/michaelblight/32/445_2.png) [@michaelblight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michaelblight)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2019 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738/1 "2019-08-24T09:25:08Z")

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Is there a way to style the editor - eg. put a caption in the title or change toolbar background colour or the flow background? I have multiple instances of Node Red and they all look too similar.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2019 09:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738/2 "2019-08-24T09:29:08Z")

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Yes, the `editorTheme` setting can be used to do various things:

[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#editor-themes](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/configuration#editor-themes)

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**Author:** ![michaelblight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/michaelblight/32/445_2.png) [@michaelblight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michaelblight)\
**Post date:** [24 August 2019 10:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738/3 "2019-08-24T10:01:44Z")

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Cool thanks - though it's always disappointing when you think you've Googled it enough, only to find how poor your search skills must be.

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**Author:** ![slapme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@slapme](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/slapme)\
**Post date:** [2 August 2024 23:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-style-the-node-red-editor/14738/4 "2024-08-02T23:49:18Z")

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ok..some progress. I delete the docker image and rebuilt it to clear npm cache and then started the container using UID="$(id -u)" GID="$(id -g)" parameters and that seemed to work however the main flow panel does not change with the theme. weird....no idea...see attached...this is "aurora" theme. doesn't want to change to the flow diagram area to dark.

 ![node-red_aurora](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/2/6297e15f5bf8bb3cbfc275c346c78cad8eae8965.png)