File icons
Folder icons
Customize file & folder color
You can change the color of the default file and folder icons using the command palette:
or via user settings:
"material-icon-theme.folders.color": "#ef5350",
"material-icon-theme.files.color": "#42a5f5",
Folder themes
You can change the design of the folder icons using the command palette:
or via user settings:
"material-icon-theme.folders.theme": "specific"
Custom icon opacity
You can set a custom opacity for the icons:
"material-icon-theme.opacity": 0.5
Custom icon saturation
If colors do not make you happy you can change the icons to have less saturation making them look grayish or completely grayscale by setting saturation to 0:
"material-icon-theme.saturation": 0.5
You can also achieve no saturation (i.e., grayscale) by setting Toggle Grayscale to ON.
Custom icon associations
You can customize the icon associations directly in the user settings.
File associations
With the *.[extension] pattern you can define custom file icon associations. For example you could define an icon for *.sample and every file that ends with .sample will have the defined icon. However, not all files with the same file extension always have the same icon. For some specific file names there is a special icon. In order to overwrite all the specific file icons as well, two asterisks must be set instead of one, i.e. **.[extension].
If there's no leading * it will be automatically configured as filename and not as file extension.
"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
"*.ts": "typescript",
"**.json": "json",
"fileName.ts": "angular"
}
Custom SVG icons
It's possible to add custom icons by adding a path to an SVG file which is located relative to the extension's dist folder. However, the restriction applies that the directory in which the custom icons are located must be within the extensions directory of the .vscode folder in the user directory.
For example a custom SVG file called sample.svg can be placed in an icons folder inside of VS Code's extensions folder:
.vscode
┗ extensions
┗ icons
┗ sample.svg
In the settings.json (User Settings only!) the icon can be associated to a file name or file extension like this:
"material-icon-theme.files.associations": {
"fileName.ts": "../../icons/sample"
}
Note: The custom file name must be configured in the settings without the file ending .svg as shown in the example above.
Custom file icon clones
It's also possible to clone existing file icons and change their colors to create new icons that can be associated with file names or file extensions. The following example shows how to clone the rust icon:
"material-icon-theme.files.customClones": [
{
"name": "rust-mod",
"base": "rust",
"color": "blue-400",
"fileNames": ["mod.rs"]
},
{
"name": "rust-lib",
"base": "rust",
"color": "light-green-300",
"lightColor": "light-green-600",
"fileNames": ["lib.rs"]
}
]
This will create two new icons called rust-mod and rust-lib that are associated with the file names mod.rs and lib.rs respectively. The base property defines the icon that should be cloned (in this case the rust icon). The color property defines the color of the new icon. The lightColor property is optional and defines the color of the icon when Visual Studio Code is running with a light color theme. The fileNames property defines the file names that should be associated with the new icon. There's also a fileExtensions property, which can be used to associate the new icon with file extensions ("fileExtensions": ["ext", "ext2"]).
- Although you can use any
#RRGGBB color for the color and lightColor properties, if you want to stick with colors from the material palette, you can check the full list of allowed aliases here.
- You can check the full list of available icons to be used as the
base here.
Folder associations
The following configuration can customize the folder icons. It is also possible to overwrite existing associations and create nice combinations. For example you could change the folder theme to "classic" and define icons only for the folder names you like.
"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
"customFolderName": "src",
"sample": "dist"
}
Custom SVG folder icons
Similar to the files, it is also possible to reference your own SVG icons for folder icons. Here it's important to provide two SVG files: one for the folder if it's closed and another one for the opened state. These two files - let's call them "folder-sample.svg" and "folder-sample-open.svg" - have to be placed into a directory which is relative to the extensions dist folder. This directory has to be somewhere inside of the .vscode/extensions folder.
In our example we place them into an icons folder inside of the .vscode/extensions folder:
.vscode
┗ extensions
┗ icons
┣ folder-sample.svg
┗ folder-sample-open.svg
In the settings.json (User Settings only!) the folder icons can be associated to a folder name (e.g. "src") like this:
"material-icon-theme.folders.associations": {
"src": "../../../../icons/folder-sample"
}
Custom folder icon clones
It's also possible to clone existing folder icons and change their colors to create new icons that can be associated with folder names. The following example shows how to clone the admin folder icon:
"material-icon-theme.folders.customClones": [
{
"name": "users-admin",
"base": "admin",
"color": "light-green-500",
"lightColor": "light-green-700",
"folderNames": ["users"]
},
{
"name": "roles-admin",
"base": "admin",
"color": "purple-400",
"folderNames": ["roles"]
}
]
This will create two new icons called users-admin and roles-admin that are associated with the folder names users and roles respectively. The base property defines the icon that should be cloned (in this case the admin folder icon). The color property defines the color of the new icon. The lightColor property is optional and defines the color of the icon when Visual Studio Code is running with a light color theme. The folderNames property defines the folder names that should be associated with the new icon.
- Although you can use any
#RRGGBB color for the color and lightColor properties, if you want to stick with colors from the material palette, you can check the full list of allowed aliases here.
- You can check the full list of available icon to be used as the
base here.
Language associations
With the following configuration you can customize the language icons. It is also possible to overwrite existing associations.
"material-icon-theme.languages.associations": {
"languageId": "iconName",
"json": "json"
}
You can see the available icon names in the overview above. See "Known language identifiers" in the VS Code documentation for a list of permitted values for languageId.
Commands
Press Ctrl-Shift-P to open the command palette and type Material Icons.
| Command |
Description |
| Activate Icon Theme |
Activate the icon theme. |
| Change File Color |
Change the color of the file icons. |
| Change Folder Color |
Change the color of the folder icons. |
| Change Folder Theme |
Change the design of the folder icons. |
| Change Opacity |
Change the opacity of the icons. |
| Change Saturation |
Change the saturation value of the icons. |
| Configure Icon Packs |
Selects an icon pack that enables additional icons (e.g. for Angular, React, Ngrx). |
| Toggle Explorer Arrows |
Show or hide the arrows next to the folder icons. |
| Restore Default Configuration |
Reset to the default configuration. |
| Toggle Grayscale |
Set icon saturation to 0 (grayscale), or 1 (color). |
Icon sources
Contributors
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