Sentra Theme

A minimalist, high-contrast VS Code theme pack built for professional clarity.

Why Sentra

Sentra focuses on calm, readable color balance for long coding sessions.
The design keeps UI surfaces neutral while preserving clear syntax distinction for fast scanning.

Highlights

• Two curated variants: dark and light.
• Balanced editor-to-workbench contrast.
• Consistent colors for Git status, diagnostics, and panels.
• Refined sidebar, status bar, and activity bar hierarchy.
• Chat panel and inline chat colors aligned with each variant.

Included Variants

Requirements

• VS Code ^1.110.0

Installation

Option 1: VS Code Extensions View

1. Open Extensions in VS Code.
2. Search for Sentra Theme.
3. Install and activate your preferred Sentra variant.

Option 2: Local Development Setup

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Open the project in VS Code.
4. Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host.
5. In the new window, run Preferences: Color Theme.
6. Select Sentra Dark (Default) or Sentra Light (Default).

Usage

1. Open Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P).
2. Run Preferences: Color Theme.
3. Choose a Sentra variant.

Development

Useful Commands

npm run format

Theme Files

• colors: UI/workbench color tokens.
• tokenColors: syntax highlighting scopes.

Theme registration is configured in package.json under contributes.themes.

Project Structure

.
├── package.json
├── themes/
│   ├── sentra-dark-color-theme.json
│   └── sentra-light-color-theme.json
└── README.md

Contributing

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create a feature branch.
3. Make your changes.
4. Run npm run format.
5. Use commit messages that follow the Conventional Commits standard.
6. Open a pull request.

Commit Message Standard

Use this format:

<type>(optional-scope): <short description>

Common types:

• feat: new feature
• fix: bug fix
• docs: documentation changes
• style: formatting / style-only changes
• refactor: code restructuring without behavior change
• test: test additions or updates
• chore: maintenance tasks

Examples:

• feat(theme): add sentra light variant
• fix(colors): adjust activity bar badge contrast