Visual Studio Code status bar color

Question

Visual Studio Code\'s default status bar color is blue and I find it quite distracting. I used this extension to change the color but it has stopped working after the 1.10

Answer 1

These are the steps I took to set the VS Code status bar colors on macOS for a workspace (not globally).

View | Command Palette... | Search for "Open Workspace Settings (JSON)"

(This will open the project [project-name].code-workspace file.)

Add the color customizations in the settings property.

{
    "folders": [],
    "settings": {
        "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
            "statusBar.background": "#938e04",
            "statusBar.foreground": "#ffffff"
        }
    }
}

This is really useful when you have multiple instances of VS Code open and want to visually differentiate each window without having to change the global theme.