One Dark Pro Custom

A refined dark theme for Visual Studio Code inspired by the beloved One Dark Pro theme. This custom variant features enhanced selection behavior, deep blue backgrounds, orange accents, and carefully crafted color choices for optimal coding experience.

Built with ❤️ on top of One Dark Pro by Binaryify

✨ Features

• Enhanced Selection Visibility: Custom blue selection highlighting (#063da3fb) for better code selection visibility
• Deep Blue Background: Sophisticated dark blue color scheme (#001628) that reduces eye strain
• Orange Accent Colors: Distinctive orange highlights (#ffa000) for active tabs, badges, and UI elements
• Teal Cursor: Eye-catching cursor color (#26d3ae) for better cursor tracking
• Comprehensive Language Support: Optimized syntax highlighting for:
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • C/C++
  • PHP
  • CSS/SCSS/LESS
  • HTML
  • JSON
  • Rust
  • Go
  • And many more...
• Custom UI Colors: Carefully selected colors for activity bar, status bar, sidebar, and panels
• Improved Readability: Enhanced contrast ratios and thoughtfully chosen color combinations

🚀 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+X (macOS) to open Extensions view
3. Search for "One Dark Pro Custom"
4. Click "Install"
5. Press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+K Cmd+T (macOS) to open theme selector
6. Select "One Dark Pro Custom"

Manual Installation

1. Download the .vsix file from the releases page
2. Open VS Code and run Extensions: Install from VSIX... command
3. Select the downloaded .vsix file
4. Activate the theme via Preferences: Color Theme

🎨 Theme Showcase

Code Editing

Markdown

⚙️ Configuration

This theme works out of the box without additional configuration. However, you can customize it further:

Font Recommendations

For the best experience, consider using these fonts:

• Fira Code
• JetBrains Mono
• Cascadia Code

Custom Overrides

Add these to your settings.json to customize further:

{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[One Dark Pro Custom]": {
      "editor.background": "#001628",
      "editor.selectionBackground": "#063da3fb"
    }
  },
  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[One Dark Pro Custom]": {
      "comments": "#7f848e"
    }
  }
}

🎯 Key Customizations

This theme specifically modifies:

• Selection Colors: Enhanced visibility with custom blue selection background
• Editor Background: Deep blue-black (#001628) for reduced eye strain
• Active Elements: Orange accents (#ffa000) for tabs, badges, and highlights
• Cursor: Distinctive teal color (#26d3ae) for better visibility
• Syntax Highlighting: Language-specific optimizations for better code readability

🔧 Development

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/theodrosyimer/one-dark-pro-custom.git
cd one-dark-pro-custom
pnpm install
pnpm run package

Automated Releases

This project uses automated releases via GitHub Actions and release-it:

# Test release locally (dry run)
pnpm run release:dry

# Create release locally
pnpm run release

# Fully automated releases via GitHub Actions:
# - feat: commits → minor version bump + release
# - fix: commits → patch version bump + release
# - feat!: or BREAKING CHANGE → major version bump + release

Contributing

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

📊 Compatibility

• VS Code Version: 1.34.0 or higher
• Platform: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Languages: All languages supported by VS Code

🐛 Known Issues

• None currently reported

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built upon: One Dark Pro by Binaryify - Thank you for creating such an amazing foundation!
• Original inspiration: Atom's One Dark theme
• Community: VS Code theming community for continuous inspiration
• Special thanks: All One Dark Pro users who helped shape the original theme

This theme wouldn't exist without the incredible work of Binaryify on the original One Dark Pro. While this custom version has evolved significantly with unique color choices and behaviors, it maintains the spirit and quality of the original.

📞 Support

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions:

• Create an issue on GitHub
• Rate and review on the VS Code Marketplace

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Enjoy coding with One Dark Pro Custom! 🎨✨