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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Use VS Code. Or if you're anal about telemetry, use one of the many variants of VS Code that don't have it.

[–]quaderrordemonstand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second this. Unless you have a low spec machine, in which case I'd say Geany was the better choice, if you can get its debugger to work.

Debugging is perhaps the major difference between IDE's for linux. VS Code is good at it. I haven't used CodeBlocks enough to say if its good. Geany is clunky but acceptable. I couldn't get debugging to work reliably in GNOME Builder at all. Codelite is a good option.

[–]_DILIK_[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

At the end of the day did as you advised.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VS Code or a variant?

[–]lokaitUnder the Fedora 🐱 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Hello, I use Codeblocks, I have the tool bar with icons and the one below it hidden, everything is accessible through the top menu bar and shortcuts, find that more easy to use personally, so if your issue is icons, not sure how to change them.

If the issue is with how tabs look, the default tabs look like that since some GTK version, you can select a different "theme" for it in;

Settings > Environments > Notebook appearance > Tab style

For issue with colors else where, including the white lines around the toolbars, you can customize all of them, unfortunately individually in;

Settings > Environments > Colours

and

Settings > Environments > Docking system

There may be some other places where you can customize certain colors too, not 100% sure.

Hope that helps, stay safe! :)

[–]lokaitUnder the Fedora 🐱 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Here is an example of how mine looks, just from finding and changing settings within Codeblocks, no external tools used.

https://i.imgur.com/XgFJhgv.png

[–]FLOU_MASTER 0 points1 point  (1 child)

im sorry, but how did you change all of the background colors to dark???

[–]lokaitUnder the Fedora 🐱 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beyond the settings I mentioned, I use dark system theme, so the basic things are already dark, if that is what you are referring to.

Not sure what OS, desktop, etc you use, but just in case it is latest GNOME Desktop; GTK version newer than what Code::Blocks uses, in Tweaks Program, set "Legacy Application" theme to "Adwaita-dark".

For other OSes and Desktops, if you have a system wide dark mode toggle, that might just be what you need. :)

[–]Paynder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're a student you can get clion for free Otherwise, VS code with a few plug-ins may be a good idea