Theme Toggle Extension

A Visual Studio Code extension that adds a status bar button for quickly cycling through your favourite themes, with a searchable menu for managing your theme cycle.

Features

• One-click theme toggling from the status bar
• Cycle through as many themes as you want
• Fuzzy-search installed themes when adding to your cycle
• Shows the next theme name as a status bar message after switching
• Full menu accessible from the Command Palette

How to Use

Installing

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux, Cmd+Shift+P on Mac)
2. Run Extensions: Install from VSIX...
3. Select the provided .vsix file
4. Reload VS Code if prompted

Toggling

Click the $(paintcan) paintcan icon in the bottom status bar to cycle to the next theme in your cycle. You can also toggle via the keybinding Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows/Linux or Cmd+Shift+T on Mac.

Managing Your Theme Cycle

Open the Command Palette and run Theme Toggle: Menu to:

• Add a theme — fuzzy-search all installed themes and add one to your cycle
• Remove a theme — pick a theme from your current cycle to remove
• Open Settings — jump to the extension's settings in VS Code

Settings

You can also edit your theme cycle directly in VS Code settings (Ctrl+, on Windows/Linux, Cmd+, on Mac) by searching for Theme Toggle. The themeToggle.cycle setting accepts an ordered list of theme names exactly as they appear in VS Code.

Development

To run the extension locally:

1. Open the project folder in VS Code
2. Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host
3. Test the extension in the new window