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notebook.focusedEditorBorder

notebook focused editor border. The color of the notebook cell editor border.

Group: Notebook colors

Where notebook focused editor border paints

This sample moves from #3c3c3c to #e8a317, then back.

notebook focused editor border
cell output

How to change notebook focused editor border color in Visual Studio Code

macOS

  1. Open settings.json. Press Shift+Command+P to open the Command Palette, then run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
  2. Set this color id. Add notebook focused editor border under workbench.colorCustomizations. The color of the notebook cell editor border. Use a hex color such as #e8a317.
  3. Save the file. Press Command+S to save settings.json. Visual Studio Code applies the override on top of the active color theme. Remove the entry to use the theme color again.

Windows

Linux uses the same shortcuts.

  1. Open settings.json. Press Shift+Ctrl+P to open the Command Palette, then run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
  2. Set this color id. Add notebook focused editor border under workbench.colorCustomizations. The color of the notebook cell editor border. Use a hex color such as #e8a317.
  3. Save the file. Press Ctrl+S to save settings.json. Visual Studio Code applies the override on top of the active color theme. Remove the entry to use the theme color again.
{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "notebook.focusedEditorBorder": "#e8a317"
  }
}

Other Notebook colors