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profileBadge.background

profile badge background. Profile badge background color. The profile badge shows on top of the settings gear icon in the activity bar.

Group: Profiles

Where profile badge background paints

This sample moves from #252526 to #1a5276, then back.

profile badge background
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How to change profile badge background 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 profile badge background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Profile badge background color. The profile badge shows on top of the settings gear icon in the activity bar. Use a hex color such as #1a5276.
  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 profile badge background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Profile badge background color. The profile badge shows on top of the settings gear icon in the activity bar. Use a hex color such as #1a5276.
  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": {
    "profileBadge.background": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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