{"id":2047,"date":"2026-01-15T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:38:16","slug":"it-snippet-vs-code-tab-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"IT Snippet:  VS code tab color"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\">VS Code<\/a> is my current editor of choice in the workplace as it is already pre-approved by the client and I dont need to jump through IT exception hoops to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pspad.com\/\">PsPad<\/a> allowed to be used. Its a bit bloated for my taste but it is starting to grow on me as I get used to the keybindings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing that I am having problems is tracking which tab I am currently using. I normally have a dozen files open at any given time, and that number increases when I do file-by-file comparison within the VS Code editor.   A quick search and the flow and configuration snippet allows me to change the color of the active file tab to the color of my choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>control+shift+P  , then select the &#8220;Open User Settings (JSON)&#8221; option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add (or update) the following snippet in the outermost\/parent brace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>           \"workbench.colorCustomizations\": {\n               \"tab.activeBackground\": \"#00AA00\"  #for green \n           }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save and it automatically gets applied! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/vscode-activetab.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2048\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VS Code is my current editor of choice in the workplace as it is already pre-approved by the client and I dont need to jump through IT exception hoops to get PsPad allowed to be used. Its a bit bloated for my taste but it is starting to grow on me as I get used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[139,142],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tipjar","tag-tech","tag-tipjar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramfree17.net\/capsule\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}