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Soft Sunset Dark

Soft Sunset Dark

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Soft Sunset Dark is a warm sunset-inspired theme with harmonized color palette, optimized for relaxed coding sessions.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Soft Sunset Dark Theme

A warm sunset-inspired theme with harmonized color palette, optimized for relaxed coding sessions.

Soft Sunset Dark Theme

🌅 Features

  • Harmonized Color Palette: Warm sunset-inspired tones with consistent visual hierarchy
  • Eye-Friendly: Designed for extended coding sessions with reduced eye strain
  • Enhanced Visual Coherence: Unified color scheme eliminates visual dissonance
  • VS Code Compatible: Fully compatible with VS Code 1.80.0 and later

📸 Preview

JavaScript Syntax Highlighting

JavaScript Demo

Interface Preview

Interface Demo

📦 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X to open the Extensions panel
  3. Search for "Soft Sunset Dark"
  4. Click Install

📥 Install from VS Code Marketplace

Manual Installation

  1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
  2. In VS Code, press Ctrl+Shift+P and type "Extensions: Install from VSIX"
  3. Select the downloaded .vsix file

🎨 Usage

  1. After installation, press Ctrl+Shift+P
  2. Type "Preferences: Color Theme" and press Enter
  3. Select Soft Sunset Dark from the list

🔧 Сборка VSIX

  1. Установите зависимости:

    npm install
    
  2. Установите vsce (если ещё не установлен):

    npm install -g @vscode/vsce
    

    или запускайте через npx без глобальной установки.

  3. Соберите пакет:

    npx vsce package
    

    В корне появится файл вида soft-sunset-dark-x.y.z.vsix.

  4. Установите VSIX в VS Code: Ctrl+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX... → выберите полученный файл.

⚙️ Requirements

  • VS Code version: ^1.80.0
  • Extension kind: UI

📄 License

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

👤 Author

brainkit - Telegram

🤝 Contributing

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

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

📝 Changelog

Version 0.0.27 (Current)

  • Color harmony improvements: Replaced cold purple accents with warm sunset tones throughout the theme
  • Operator consistency: Unified assignment operators (=) to match return keyword color for better visual coherence
  • Enhanced sunset palette: Functions now use warmer green and keywords use sunset orange for improved thematic consistency
  • Interface cohesion: All UI elements now follow the warm sunset color scheme

Version 0.0.26

  • Minimap rendering fix: Updated minimap background color to compensate for VS Code rendering artifacts
  • Color formula discovered: Found optimal minimap color formula for perfect visual harmony
  • Minimap settings: Maintained foreground opacity and disabled character rendering for optimal display

Version 0.0.24

  • Variable color refinement: Unified variables to warm sandy #c8c0a8 for better harmony
  • Type hierarchy: Classes/interfaces now brighter #bca878, primitive types darker #a89868
  • Boolean/null constants: Aligned with primitive types for visual consistency
  • Import consistency: Fixed mixed colors in Python/TypeScript imports

Version 0.0.22

  • OLED-friendly contrast: Brightened code tokens (keywords, operators, params, constants) without shifting hues for sharper legibility.
  • UI clarity: Slightly lifted system text/icon brightness for cleaner separation against the dark canvas.
  • Harmony preserved: Kept the sunset palette intact while improving readability.

Version 0.0.17

  • Improved readability: Enhanced comment contrast for comfortable reading
  • Better hierarchy: Optimized variable and function colors for clearer code structure
  • Relaxed coding focus: Fine-tuned colors to maintain the calm, sunset-inspired atmosphere
  • Consistency: Unified improvements across both standard and OLED versions

Version 0.0.5

  • Updated theme colors for better contrast
  • Improved syntax highlighting
  • Enhanced editor workspace colors
  • Better support for additional languages

Version 0.0.4

  • Initial release
  • Soft sunset color palette
  • Full VS Code integration
  • Ready for marketplace publishing

Version 0.0.1

  • Initial development

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