- Open the Extensions sidebar in VS Code
- Search for
Custom Github Dark Dimmed Theme
- Click Install
- Click the gear icon in the lower left corner
- Click Color Theme
- Select Custom Github Dark Dimmed Theme
- Enjoy! 🎉
To override this (or any other) theme in your personal config file, please follow the guide in the color theme documentation. This is handy for small tweaks to the theme without having to fork and maintain your own theme.
- Fork this repo and open it in VS Code
- Run
npm i
to install the dependencies. - Run
git checkout -b <branch-name>
Create a new branch for your changes. (e.g.feat/new-theme
). - Press
F5
to open a new window with your extension loaded (and auto-reload on changes). - Open
Code > Preferences > Color Theme
[⌘k ⌘t
] and pick the "Main Theme / Custom Github Dark Dimmed" theme to test. - Make changes to the
/themes/MyGithubDarkDimmed-color-theme.json
file. (or create a new one and reference it inpackage.json
undercontributes.themes
)- UI: For all changes to the "outer UI", like (status bar, file navigation etc.), take a look at the Theme Color reference.
- Syntax: For changes to the "code highlighting", examine the syntax scopes by invoking the
Developer: Inspect Editor Tokens and Scopes
command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P
orCmd+Shift+P
on Mac) in the Extension Development Host window.
- We are using the changesets/cli to manage our changelog and versioning. To create a new version, run
npm run version
and follow the prompts. (will create a new version and changelog once prompts are completed)- Select the type of change you're making. (patch, minor, major)
- Provide a detailed description of your changes.
- Now you can commit your changes and push them to your forked repo.
- After you push your changes, you can open a PR to the main repo, and we will review it as soon as possible. 🙌
- TA-DA! You're done! 🎉
Enjoy!