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Friendly UI

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A friendly UI customization tool for VSCode that allows custom CSS and JavaScript injection
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Friendly UI for VSCode

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A Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to customize your VSCode UI with custom CSS and JavaScript injection.

Features

  • 🎨 Inject custom CSS to modify VSCode's appearance
  • 🔧 Inject custom JavaScript to enhance functionality
  • 🔄 Manual reload support for style updates
  • 🏠 Support for using ~ to reference home directory in paths
  • 🛡️ Safe backup and restore of original files

Installation

  1. Install the extension from VSCode Marketplace
  2. Restart VSCode after installation

Usage

  1. Configure your custom CSS and/or JavaScript file paths in VSCode settings
  2. Use the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) to:
    • Enable custom UI: Friendly UI: Enable Custom CSS and JS
    • Disable custom UI: Friendly UI: Disable Custom CSS and JS
    • Reload styles: Friendly UI: Reload styles (after making changes to your CSS/JS files)

Configuration

Add these settings to your VSCode settings.json:

{
    "friendly-ui.customCssPath": "~/path/to/your/custom.css",
    "friendly-ui.customJsPath": "~/path/to/your/custom.js"
}

Example Custom CSS

/* Make the sidebar darker */
.sidebar {
    background-color: #1a1a1a;
}

/* Customize the editor's background */
.editor-container {
    background-color: [#242424](https://github.com/FreeIdom/vscode-friendly-ui/issues/242424);
}

Notes

  • The extension requires a VSCode restart when enabled for the first time
  • Use the disable command to revert to original VSCode appearance

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.

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