Installation
There are 2 ways to install this extension:
- Install from Visual Studio Marketplace.
- Search
shalldie.background from vscode.
Custom
User defined requirements can be met by changing the configuration(settings.json).
what's settings.json | where?
Config
Global Config
| Name |
Type |
Default |
Description |
background.enabled |
Boolean |
true |
Whether to enable background extension. |
Editor Section Config
Edit background.editor to config editor section.
| Name |
Type |
Default |
Description |
useFront |
boolean |
true |
Place the image above or below the code. |
style |
object |
{} |
Custom style for images. MDN Reference |
styles |
object[] |
[{},{},{}] |
Each style of editor section image. |
images |
string[] |
[] |
Custom images, supports online and local images, as well as folders. |
interval |
number |
0 |
Seconds of interval for carousel, default 0 to disabled. |
random |
boolean |
false |
Whether to randomly display images. |
example:
{
"background.editor": {
"useFront": true,
"style": {
"background-position": "100% 100%",
"background-size": "auto",
"opacity": 0.6
},
"styles": [{}, {}, {}],
// `images` supports online and local images, as well as folders.
"images": [
// online images, only `https` is allowed.
"https://hostname/online.jpg",
// local images
"file:///local/path/img.jpeg",
"/home/xie/downloads/img.gif",
"C:/Users/xie/img.bmp",
"D:\\downloads\\images\\img.webp",
// local folders
"/home/xie/images"
],
"interval": 0,
"random": false
}
}
Edit background.fullscreen、background.sidebar、background.auxiliarybar、background.panel to config these sections.
| Name |
Type |
Default |
Description |
images |
string[] |
[] |
Custom images, supports online and local images, as well as folders. |
opacity |
number |
0.1 |
Opacity of the images, alias to opacity, 0.1 ~ 0.3 recommended. |
size |
string |
cover |
Alias to background-size, cover to self-adaption (recommended). |
position |
string |
center |
Alias to background-position, default center. |
interval |
number |
0 |
Seconds of interval for carousel, default 0 to disabled. |
random |
boolean |
false |
Whether to randomly display images. |
example:
{
"background.fullscreen": {
// `images` supports online and local images, as well as folders.
"images": [
// online images, only `https` is allowed.
"https://hostname/online.jpg",
// local images
"file:///local/path/img.jpeg",
"/home/xie/downloads/img.gif",
"C:/Users/xie/img.bmp",
"D:\\downloads\\images\\img.webp",
// local folders
"/home/xie/images"
],
"opacity": 0.1,
"size": "cover",
"position": "center",
"interval": 0,
"random": false
},
// `sidebar` and `panel` have the same config as `fullscreen`
"background.sidebar": {},
"background.panel": {}
}
Quick Command
Click the 「Background」 button on the right-bottom of statusbar, all commands of background will appear:
Common Issues
This extension works by editting the vscode's js file.
Please refer to the Common Issues if you met some problems.
Uninstall
Please refer to Common Issues#how-to-uninstall.
Contributors 🙏

Contributing Guide
Refer to Contributing Guide.
Change Log
You can checkout all our changes in our CHANGELOG.
Share Your Images
We share background images here.
Migration from v1
The configuration of v1 is outdated and currently maintains a certain level of compatibility. Please refer to migration-from-v1.md for migration.
LICENSE
MIT