How to edit default dark theme for Visual Studio C

Question

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.

Is there a way to edit default dark theme in the Visual Studio Code? In %USERPROFILE%.vscode folder there are only themes from the extensions, while in installation path (I used default, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code) there are files of some standard themes in \resources\app\extensions, like Kimbie Dark, Solarized Dark/Light or variants of Monokai, but there is no default dark theme.

But if after all there is a possibility to edit it, then which blocks of code are responsible for colour of member of object, member of pointer and name of class and structure in the C++ language?

Answer 1

The file you are looking for is at,

Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\theme-defaults\themes

on Windows and search for file name dark_vs.json to locate it on any other system.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if this answer suits here, but I would like to share a solution for MAC users and it looks awkward if I start a new question and answer myself there.

[Solution for MAC OS]
look for your VSCode theme path something like below:

..your_install_location/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/theme-name/themes/theme_file.json

open .json file and look for your targeted styles to change.
For my case, I want to change the whitespace render colour
and I've found it as
"editorWhitespace.foreground"
so under settings.json in Visual Studio Code,
I added the following lines (I do in Workspace Settings),

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editorWhitespace.foreground": "#93A1A130" // stand as #RRGGBBAA
}

Solutions guided from : https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/themes#_customize-a-color-theme

Don't forget to ⌘ Command+S save settings to take effect.

Answer 3

Any color theme can be changed in this settings section on VS Code version 1.12 or higher:

 // Overrides colors from the currently selected color theme.
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {}

See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/themes#_customize-a-color-theme

Available values to edit: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/theme-color-reference

EDIT: To change syntax colors, see here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensions/themes-snippets-colorizers#_syntax-highlighting-colors and here: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/scope_naming.html

Answer 4

As far as the themes, VS Code is every bit as editable as Sublime. You can edit any of the default themes that come with VS code. You just have to know where to find the theme files.

Side note: I love the Monokai theme. However, all I wanted to change about it was the background. I don't like the dark grayish background. Instead, I think the contrast is WAY better with a solid black background. The code pops out much more.

Anyways, I hunted for the theme file and found it (in windows) at:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\theme-monokai\themes\

In that folder I found the Monokai.tmTheme file and modified the first background key as follows:

<key>background</key>
<string>#000000</string>

There are a few 'background' key in the theme file, make sure you edit the correct one. The one I edited was at the very top. Line 12 I think.