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

Sebastián Farías on August 13, 2019

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...

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Aman Raj • Dec 18 '19

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

Thanks in advance.

Sebastián Farías • Dec 18 '19

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

Windyz • Jan 18 '21

"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"

Ramakrishna Polisetty • Feb 6 '21

Did u get an answer

Aman Raj • Feb 6 '21

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

Ramakrishna Polisetty • Feb 6 '21

Ok but I have a mac

Charles Allen • Feb 13 '21

Zsh is the default shell on the latest MacOS

Install:

OhMyZsh
PowerLevel 9000 "theme" for OhMyZsh

jeetintyagi • May 13 '20

blog.joaograssi.com/windows-subsys...

Sebastiano • Feb 10 '22

How can I get this?

Andri Desmana • Apr 29 '21

freecodecamp.org/news/jazz-up-your...

Ibne Nahian • Dec 24 '20

What theme did you use in your vscode ?

Aman Raj • Dec 24 '20

marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

Charles Allen • Feb 13 '21

Beautiful theme!

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

zamkam • Jul 27 '20

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?

Ines Guerrero • Jun 10 '20 • Edited

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

Remonetized • Oct 15 '21

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?