VSCode - where can I find the color codes used in default theme

Question

I am using VSCODE 1.46.1.

My OS is Linux Mint 19.3

I am using the default Default Light+ theme.

I want see which colors it has used in the status bar. Where can I find the files which has the color codes of Default Light+.

I have search both ~/.vscode & ~/.config/Code for files where text containing statusBar.background, but could not find anything useful.

Answer 1

You can simply go to the source code at light_plus.json

Or in the case of linux, usually is stored at: /usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_plus.json

cd /usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/

Will put you in the folder where all the default themes are. but we warned - future updates might overwrites those files.

Important note: there's an hierarchy: light_plus -> light_vs -> light_defaults -> etc. common which is the base is in the code theme.ts, so if you can't find a setting, look at the parent.