How to change the Matlab "toolstrip" color and font color?

Instead of the blue and white border around the attached screenshot, I'd like a much darker version to match what's inside the script. Preferably a dark grey/black background to make the Matlab window a little easier to stare at and a font color / edge color to stand out from that. I know it's a silly issue but it drives me crazy. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Timothy Corley]

have made slight improvements, but can't find anything on how to remove that blue...

[AUSTIN SHROPSHIRE]

How were you able to do this? I am trying to figure this out as well.

[Patrick Gemperline]

Timothy, I like your improvements. How did you make them?

[Xi Wen Soo]

how did you turn the toolstrip dark in 'slightly better.PNG'?

[Allen Benton]

Use the invert colors in the accessibility settings on your computer. You can just keep the default colors in matlab and everything is dark. Keep the settings open to toggle when you need it.

Answer 1

[Timothy Corley]

Hey, for those asking how I changed what I did:

go to the home tab in Matlab

then click the little 'preferences' gear

then you want to play with the colors in the 'colors' tab

next play with the colors in the 'programming tools' tab, because the original highlights will look aweful if you changed the background colors.

and then you can play with your themes on your computer a bit to see what that can do. My computer has high contrast settings as well which look pretty cool.

[Jeremy Boire]

This is not a silly question. I'm visually impaired and the high contrast mode is a life/ job saver. A change on the menu would save me from having to take screenshots, pasting in paint, and inverting the color just to find the stupid buttom i'm looking for.... So if anyone's made progress on this, or MathWorks is listening, please invert those menu colors when a user goings into high contrast mode. Or at the very least make this more configurable.

Answer 2

[ES]

There is also a cool FileExchange that can help you set the preferences (themes). http://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/53862-matlab-schemer