Settings

Description

VS Code settings are configured in app and settings files.

Default Settings

See VSCode Default Settings for default values.

Auto-Save

"files.autoSave": "onFocusChange"

Color

Theme colors can be overriden in User Settings. See VS Code Workbench Color List for available customizations.

Dark Theme

 "window.systemColorTheme": "dark",

Custom Title Bar

When KDE Global Menu is in use, the bar displaying icons to open and close panels, is not visible. To make the custom title bar visible:

Settings > window: Custom Title Bar Visibility > windowed

Editors

Page Border

Visible page border at 80 cols.

"editor.rulers": [
    80,
],

Folding

Editor>Show Folding Controls [always]

Hover Pop-Ups

Hover pop-up/tooltips show up over everything and cover up what you need to see. To preserve sanity:

Hover > Disable

Lightbulb

Annoying Lightbulb covers gutter info:

Lightbulb:Enabled [off]

Minimap

Editor > Minimap: Disable

Tab Completion

Tab Completion: on

Word Wrap

Word Wrap: Word Wrap Column
Word Wrap Column: 80

Explorer

Emply Dirs

Don't display dir/emptyDir/ as single dir tree entry:

"explorer.compactFolders": false,

Tree Indent

Default tree indentation size makes indentions difficult to percceive. Make indentations more visible:

Tree Indent: Workbench>Appearance>Tree:Indent [25]
Tree: Render Indent Guildes [always]

Telemetry

Bugger off, Micr:money_mouth:soft:

"telemetry.telemetryLevel": "off",

Window Borders

Window edges not clearly visible. Give active and inactive window borders pretty colors and makde them more visible on dark and light backgrounds:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": { 
    "window.activeBorder": "#00ff88",
    "window.inactiveBorder": "#d42aeb"
},

See VS Code Workbench Color List for available customizations.

Workbench

Layout

Respect my editor widths:

Centered Layout Auto Resize: [false]

Centered Layout Fixed Width: [true]

Extensions

Git

MarkdownLint

Vim

YAML