Project Title Bar Settings

Customize the appearance of the IDE frame to better distinguish between projects.

This panel controls settings for the Project Title Bar and the Project Banner feature.

This feature is exclusive to premium users. You can purchase a premium license for the plugin or a dedicated license for this feature via the following link: Material Theme Project Frame.

Application Frame

Introduced with the New UI (2023), JetBrains IDEs feature a thick, colorful application frame encompassing the editor and tool windows. This frame contains action buttons, widgets, and other supplementary elements.

By default, this frame remains consistent across all projects, which can make it difficult to distinguish between multiple open windows.

The Colorize Application Frame settings allow you to apply a unique color to the frame, automatically generated based on the project name. This makes it easier to visually identify and switch between different projects.

Colors are generated by an algorithm using the project name to ensure a unique and consistent appearance for each project.

You can customize which parts of the application frame to colorize. While only the Title Bar is colorized by default, you can also enable:

Title Bar
Left Tool Window
Right Tool Window
Status Bar

Note: Starting with the Islands UI (2025), JetBrains IDEs include a built-in Project Gradient feature (located in Settings > Appearance > Use project colors in main toolbar). Enabling any Colorize Application Frame setting in the Material Theme UI plugin will automatically disable the IDE’s native Project Gradient.

This section provides configuration options for the native Project Gradient feature.

Gradient Radius

Specify the radius of the gradient. The default value is 2000px.

The Project Banner displays a customizable colored banner at the top of the IDE, providing information about the active file, project, or module.

The banner color is derived from the same algorithm as the application frame (e.g., generated from the project name).

The banner can display various information, including:

Current opened file
Path of the current file
Current project name
Current module name
Current file icon

Show Project Icon

Determines whether to display the project icon in the banner.

Show Project Text

Determines whether to display text in the banner.

Customize Text

Customize the banner text using the following dynamic variables:

{project}: The name of the current project.
{subProject}: The project name of the currently opened file (useful for multi-project workspaces).
{module}: The name of the current module (for Java and Kotlin projects).
{file}: The name of the currently opened file.
{fileIcon}: The icon of the currently opened file.
{path}: The path of the currently opened file, relative to the project root.
{fullPath}: The full path of the currently opened file.

The plugin also provides a Project Banner Widget that can be added to the Title Bar, offering the same functionality as the Project Banner without occupying additional vertical space.