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notebook.inactiveFocusedCellBorder

notebook inactive focused cell border. The color of the cell's top and bottom border when a cell is focused while the primary focus is outside of the editor.

Group: Notebook colors

Where notebook inactive focused cell border paints

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

notebook inactive focused cell border
cell output

How to change notebook inactive focused cell 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 inactive focused cell border under workbench.colorCustomizations. The color of the cell's top and bottom border when a cell is focused while the primary focus is outside of the editor. 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 inactive focused cell border under workbench.colorCustomizations. The color of the cell's top and bottom border when a cell is focused while the primary focus is outside of the editor. 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.inactiveFocusedCellBorder": "#e8a317"
  }
}

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