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Pushpak Chhajed
Pushpak Chhajed

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Change Cursor Colour in VS code 🤯

I’ve been using VSCode for almost 2 years now and I like it so much. I’m sure that you like it too. But I decided that it was time to customize it a bit more. I will show you how to change cursor colour in VScode.

VSCode is an electron application. So you can change the CSS and JS way you want in VSCode for that you need one extension called "Custom CSS and JS Loader".

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After installing the extension follow these steps to change the colour of the cursor.
1) Add this settings into settings.json.



"editor.cursorWidth": 3,
"vscode_custom_css.imports":[""],
"vscode_custom_css.policy": true,


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2)Create one CSS file into your machine and add the following property to that CSS file.

Feel free to choose any gradient colour you want from uiGraients and paste into the '.monaco-editor .cursors-layer .cursor ' selector.



.monaco-editor .cursors-layer .cursor {
  background: #12c2e9; 
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(
    to top,
    #f64f59,
    #c471ed,
    #12c2e9
  ); 
  background: linear-gradient(
    to top,
    #f64f59,
    #c471ed,
    #12c2e9
  ); 
}



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3)Change the file location for 'vscode_custom_css.imports' in the settings.json



  "editor.cursorWidth": 3,
  "vscode_custom_css.imports": ["file:///home/pushpak1300/Documents/vscode.css"],
  "vscode_custom_css.policy": true,


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4)Type 'CMD +SHIFT +P' to toggle command palette and type 'Reload Custom CSS and JS' to apply settings.
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5)Hooray!

If all goes well, you should have the gradient cursor in vs code.

If u have any questions please let me know in comments.

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Thank You!

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Kyaw Zayar Linn • Edited

I have trouble with giving file path. I gave the path juz like you but it doesn't work.
When I reload custom css and js, it shows the error message 'cannot load path, skipping'

"files:///D:/vscode_setting_file/vscode.css"

pls tell me how to give file path to json setting. Much thanks <3

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Pushpak Chhajed

"vscode_custom_css.imports": ["file:///home/pushpak1300/Documents/vscode.css"],

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Richunclekhalid

I got to stage 3 and things went bad from there.

  1. Must I use the exact file location that you gave? (because i keep getting the error message "cannot load path, skipping" When I reload custom css and js,).
  2. If yes, do i have to create a .css file with the title: vscode.css? with the path starting from :home/pushpak1300/Documents/vscode.css

p.s. my file path goes like: file:///Users/khale/MySpace/VSWorkspace/Aurora/cursor.css

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Wali Ullah

hey man, awesome hack, loved it.

P.S: the link to uigradients website is broken, u might wanna fix that. cheers.

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Pushpak Chhajed

Thanks for reporting.😀

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STEMInstructor

Great, I'm sure gonna try it🔥🔥😊😊

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Pushpak Chhajed

All the best!

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Madza

It's the little things that count the most ✨

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Pushpak Chhajed

Haha! Right,😂

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Shivam Yadav

Great hack. Thanks for sharing it Pushpak : )

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Pushpak Chhajed

Thanks!

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Richunclekhalid

Here is a screenshot