The Visual Sanctuary

The ultimate refuge for your eyes. A carefully crafted color theme for Visual Studio Code, designed for focus and minimal visual fatigue.

Features

• Low contrast strain -> long coding sessions.
• Light and Dark variants -> adapt to environment.
• Focused syntax highlighting -> easy readable code.

Installation

1. Open Extensions sidebar panel in VS Code. View → Extensions
2. Search for The Visual Sanctuary
3. Click Install
4. Select Preferences → Color Theme -> Choose The Visual Sanctuary

Screenshots

Recommendations

Install the following font and icon theme for the best experience:

• SF Mono Ligatures
• Symbols Icon

{
  // General editor settings
  "editor.fontFamily": "'SF Mono Ligatures', 'SF Mono', Cascadia Code, monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": "'ss01', 'ss02', 'ss03', 'ss04', 'ss05', 'ss06', 'ss07', 'ss08', 'calt', 'liga'",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 24,
  "editor.letterSpacing": 0.4,
  "editor.fontWeight": "400",
  "workbench.iconTheme": "symbols",
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "expand",
  "editor.cursorWidth": 2,
  "editor.padding.top": 16,
  "editor.padding.bottom": 16,
  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true,
  "editor.scrollbar.vertical": "auto",
  "editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "auto",
  "workbench.list.horizontalScrolling": true,
  "editor.smoothScrolling": true,
  "editor.mouseWheelScrollSensitivity": 1.2,
  "editor.guides.indentation": true,
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
  "editor.renderLineHighlightOnlyWhenFocus": true,
  "workbench.list.smoothScrolling": true,
  "workbench.activityBar.location": "top",
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
  "workbench.tree.indent": 22,
  "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "always",
  "workbench.statusBar.visible": true,
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
  "explorer.compactFolders": false,
  "workbench.colorTheme": "The Visual Sanctuary Light",
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.reduceMotion": "auto",
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "The Visual Sanctuary Dark"
}