Issue #136 (Terminal Cursor Settings)11/27/24
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There are lots of ways you can customize the look of the terminal in VS Code, some of which I've considered in the past. One set of terminal customizations you may want to consider is the appearance of the cursor.
If you search for the setting terminal.integrated.cursor, this will pull up four different settings you can tweak.
One setting is the cursor style. This can be set to block, line, or underline.
If the above-mentioned cursor style setting is set to "line", you have the option to define the cursor width.
The above example is an exaggerated width size. You might choose something a little higher than the default 1px but smaller than the size of the 'block' setting, for example.
You can also choose if you want the terminal cursor to blink or not. You can also set the style of the cursor when the terminal is inactive (i.e. not focused). The default is the 'outline' value, which shows an outline of a small block cursor, to indicate inactivity. But you can also choose any of the cursor style settings, or even set it to 'none' so that no cursor shows at all when the terminal is inactive.
So if you work regularly in the terminal in VS Code, these might be some settings you'll want to fiddle around with to get something you prefer.
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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The green isn't too prominent in the UI or syntax highlighting, so it's just enough to give it a different look but still be a pleasing color palette for those who enjoy dark themes that are easy on the eyes.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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Best of the Rest
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API-Fiddle — An interactive, collaborative playground for API specifications, to design professional APIs based on OpenAPI, and optimized for automation and code generation.
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If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resource related to VS Code or another IDE, you can hit reply, send it via DM on X, or via chat on Bluesky.
That's it for this issue.
Happy VS Coding!
Louis
VSCode.Email
@LouisLazaris
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