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Sebastián Farías
Sebastián Farías

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How to change the terminal style in VSCode in an easy way

I just required to change the look for the integrated terminal, and I just figured out how easy is this.

So…. here you have a happy walk around to do it 🙂

  1. Go to the settings (In VSCode obviously)
    • On Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings
    • On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings
      • Shortcut (⌘,)
      • Search (⇧⌘P) → “Preferences: Open Settings”
  2. Search for "workbench: color customizations" and open the settings.json file
  3. Edit or Paste your configuration under workbench.colorCustomizations

    1. https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/theme-color ```json

    "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminal.background":"#1D2021",
    "terminal.foreground":"#A89984",
    "terminalCursor.background":"#A89984",
    "terminalCursor.foreground":"#A89984",
    "terminal.ansiBlack":"#1D2021",
    "terminal.ansiBlue":"#0D6678",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlack":"#665C54",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlue":"#0D6678",
    "terminal.ansiBrightCyan":"#8BA59B",
    "terminal.ansiBrightGreen":"#95C085",
    "terminal.ansiBrightMagenta":"#8F4673",
    "terminal.ansiBrightRed":"#FB543F",
    "terminal.ansiBrightWhite":"#FDF4C1",
    "terminal.ansiBrightYellow":"#FAC03B",
    "terminal.ansiCyan":"#8BA59B",
    "terminal.ansiGreen":"#95C085",
    "terminal.ansiMagenta":"#8F4673",
    "terminal.ansiRed":"#FB543F",
    "terminal.ansiWhite":"#A89984",
    "terminal.ansiYellow":"#FAC03B"
    }


After that little change, you can check your integrated terminal in VS Code
![Integrated Terminal VSCode](https://paper-attachments.dropbox.com/s_BB4D438C0BD300F9046363852C7E5AEEFC644AC076498F4495212D2CD4CFEFF9_1565661101879_Ex.png)




You can find several predefined templates here:
https://glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16-term/#/



>https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings
>
>https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/theme-color
>
>https://glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16-term/#/

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Aman Raj

Hey can you tell me how can I change my terminal from

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to

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Thanks in advance.

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Sebastián Farías

Hi, You need to look for this configuration zsh(shell) + oh-my-zsh(framework on top of shell)

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Windyz

"terminal.background":"#231F20",
"terminal.foreground":"#D9D8D8",
"terminalCursor.background":"#D9D8D8",
"terminalCursor.foreground":"#D9D8D8",
"terminal.ansiBlack":"#231F20",
"terminal.ansiBlue":"#009DDC",
"terminal.ansiBrightBlack":"#737171",
"terminal.ansiBrightBlue":"#009DDC",
"terminal.ansiBrightCyan":"#85CEBC",
"terminal.ansiBrightGreen":"#00853E",
"terminal.ansiBrightMagenta":"#98005D",
"terminal.ansiBrightRed":"#EE2E24",
"terminal.ansiBrightWhite":"#FFFFFF",
"terminal.ansiBrightYellow":"#FFD204",
"terminal.ansiCyan":"#85CEBC",
"terminal.ansiGreen":"#00853E",
"terminal.ansiMagenta":"#98005D",
"terminal.ansiRed":"#EE2E24",
"terminal.ansiWhite":"#D9D8D8",
"terminal.ansiYellow":"#FFD204"

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Ramakrishna Polisetty

Did u get an answer

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Aman Raj

yes
Use WSL windows with zsh
youtube.com/watch?v=-atblwgc63E

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Ramakrishna Polisetty

Ok but I have a mac

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Charles Allen

Zsh is the default shell on the latest MacOS

Install:

  • OhMyZsh
  • PowerLevel 9000 "theme" for OhMyZsh
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jeetintyagi
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Sebastiano

How can I get this?

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Andri Desmana
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Ibne Nahian

What theme did you use in your vscode ?

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Aman Raj
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Charles Allen

Beautiful theme!

BTW if you're using Zsh now, you should also checkout OhMyZsh + PowerLevel 9000

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zamkam

Background/Foreground colors are changed correctly, but these changes don't seem to affect the command line itself, meaning the stuff I type after the prompt. For example, "ls --all" displays the "ls" in yellow, and the option "--all" in dark gray, independently of the color I choose for background/foreground. The dark gray is particularly annoying, since it's almost invisible. How can I change that?

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Ines Guerrero • Edited

Hey, do you have any idea why nothing changes in my terminal when I add a theme customization?

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Remonetized

Hi, this article was great, thank you! I use the MS Dos theme, which is great, but I don't like the terminal much tbh. This method let me change the terminal, but not the Problems, Output, Debug Console or my SQL console. Is there a way to set these colors, or revert them to the default while keeping the rest of the msdos theme?

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Prayudi Tirta Bayu

thanks a lot, really appreciate it.

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dominic.ryuhei

Perhaps you could try this:
glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16...

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Barnett Lobel

thanks for posting this!

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William Gitau

Exactly what I needed, thanks.

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francesca

what do you mean by settings dictionary?

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Arun Kumar

I did not get it can anyone helpp.