Issue #178 (Show Labels vs No Labels)09/17/25
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Not long ago the VS Code team added a couple of icon-related updates to VS Code's UI. First of all, as you might know, when you create a custom profile using the new Profiles features, you can choose an icon to associate with the profile.
VS Code has expanded the number of icons available, as indicated by the screenshot below, taken from the VS Code site:
Another icon-related feature is the Show Labels setting, now available for the workbench Panel and the workbench Secondary Side Bar.
Both are on by default, which means you see text, not icons. So if you want to save some visual real estate on smaller screens, you can choose to uncheck these settings.
You can see the comparison above. In the top example, a smaller screen size has forced some of the labels into a separate menu (the three dots) but in the no-labels example, it's just icons.
Of course, the icons might be hard to decipher at a glance, but you can always hover over them for the meaning and eventually learn what they are.
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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Cline — An AI coding extension for VS Code, Windsurf, and Cursor that gives you direct access to frontier models with complete transparency with features like Plan Mode, MCP integration, and no vendor lock-in.
WinTitle Extended — A VS Code extension that appends the current Git branch name and optional custom name to the VS Code window title.
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terminal-editor — A VS Code extension that allows you to run “shell” inside your normal editor widget. See articles section below for the author's full explanation of the tool.
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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Lucid Labs Theme — This is a dark theme that's based on the brand guidelines of the company that built it. It's described as featuring "dark purple backgrounds, teal accents, and cloud-inspired aesthetics perfect for Azure development, PowerShell scripting, and enterprise coding."
It's definitely different compared to many other dark themes. Not my preference, but I do like the UI color choices. That being said, there's also a light version of the theme that I think works well.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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VS Code 1.104 (August 2025 Updates) — The latest updates to VS Code include model selection flexibility, better edit security for sensitive files, support for an AGENTS.md file, and more.
Vibe Coding Terminal Editor — An explanation of the tool mentioned above, which is similar to Eshell for Emacs, along with lessons learned while building it.
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📺 VS Code Tips — How To Restore Deleted Files Easily Using Local History — A quick video tip from Zoran Jambor on restoring deleted files in VS Code using local file history, and how to restore different versions of files outside of version control.
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Best of the Rest
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Freelens — An open source IDE for Kubernetes that provides a UI designed for managing Kubernetes cluster, offered as a standalone app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Vim Master — An interactive course for learning Vim command, offering 16 progressive levels, speed challenges, and more.
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Zedless — A fork of Zed that's designed to be privacy-friendly and local-first, with no reliance on proprietary cloud services, no telemetry, bring your own infrastructure, etc.
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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