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diff --git a/res/stdres/mdpi/tab_up_background_dark_focused.9.png b/res/stdres/mdpi/tab_up_background_dark_focused.9.png
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diff --git a/res/stdres/tab_btn_dark_up.xml b/res/stdres/tab_btn_dark_up.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..277b607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/stdres/tab_btn_dark_up.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+  android:constantSize="true"
+  android:dither="false"
+  android:variablePadding="false" >
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_btn_dark_up_hover"
+    android:state_hovered="true" />
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_btn_dark_up_selected_focused"
+    android:state_selected="true" android:state_window_focused="true" />
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_btn_dark_up_focused"
+    android:state_window_focused="true" />
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_btn_dark_up_selected"
+    android:state_selected="true" />
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_btn_dark_up_normal" />
+</selector>
diff --git a/res/stdres/tab_up_background_dark.xml b/res/stdres/tab_up_background_dark.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e23a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/stdres/tab_up_background_dark.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_up_background_dark_focused"
+    android:state_window_focused="true" />
+  <item
+    android:drawable="tab_up_background_dark_normal" />
+</selector>
diff --git a/res/stdres/theme_default.xml b/res/stdres/theme_default.xml
index 1ace59f..5b7c88c 100644
--- a/res/stdres/theme_default.xml
+++ b/res/stdres/theme_default.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@
         <state state_hovered="true" backgroundColor="#F0404080"/>
     </style>
 
+    <style id="TAB_UP_DARK"
+        backgroundImageId="tab_up_background_dark"
+        layoutWidth="FILL_PARENT"
+        >
+    </style>
+    <style id="TAB_UP_BUTTON_DARK"
+        backgroundImageId="tab_btn_dark_up"
+        />
+    <style id="TAB_UP_BUTTON_DARK_TEXT"
+        textColor="#000000"
+        align="Center"
+        >
+        <state state_selected="true" state_focused="true" textColor="#000000"/>
+        <state state_selected="true" textColor="#000000"/>
+        <state state_focused="true" textColor="#000000"/>
+        <state state_hovered="true" textColor="#808000"/>
+    </style>
     <style id="TAB_UP"
         backgroundImageId="tab_up_background"
         layoutWidth="FILL_PARENT"
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
index 0302a63..fbe15d2 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame {
 
         // editor tabs
         TabWidget tabs = new TabWidget("TABS");
+        tabs.setStyles("TAB_UP_DARK", "TAB_UP_BUTTON_DARK", "TAB_UP_BUTTON_DARK_TEXT");
         tabs.styleId = STYLE_DOCK_HOST_BODY;
         
 		// create Editors test tab