How can you have VS Code open fullscreen by default?

Question

Is there a setting to have VS Code open in fullscreen mode by default?

Answer 1

There's a setting to "restore fullscreen". When that setting is turned on, VS Code will open in full screen mode if you exit VS Code in full screen mode:

Open the settings UI (command-, on a mac) -> search restore fullscreen -> check the Window: Restore Fullscreen setting

Answer 2

The question says "fullscreen" but many users probably mean they want a maximised window that takes up the full screen.

To do this open vscode settings with Ctrl+,

Go to Window then New Window

In New Window Dimensions setting choose Maximised

setting json is

"window.newWindowDimensions": "maximized"