Theme Picker

A small VS Code extension that puts a color-theme switcher in the status bar and lets you "pin" a curated subset of themes for one-click access — no more scrolling through the full theme list every time.

Features

Status bar control: shows the active theme; click the label to cycle to the next pinned theme, or click the chevron to open the pinned-themes picker.
Pinned themes picker: lists only your pinned themes. Theme is applied on Enter (no live-preview thrash). Includes a fallback row to open VS Code's built-in full-theme picker.
Pin manager: a single quick-pick listing every installed theme, with a star button on each row to pin/unpin in place. Persists to settings.

Settings

Setting	Default	Purpose
`themePicker.pinned`	`[]`	Ordered list of pinned theme labels. Order = cycle order.
`themePicker.statusBar.alignment`	`"right"`	`"left"` or `"right"`. Reload required.
`themePicker.statusBar.priority`	`100`	Status bar slot priority. Higher = further left. Reload required.
`themePicker.includeAllThemesEntry`	`true`	Show "Pick from all themes…" row in the pinned picker.

Commands

Theme Picker: Cycle to Next Pinned Theme
Theme Picker: Open Pinned Themes Picker
Theme Picker: Manage Pinned Themes…
Theme Picker: Pin Current Theme
Theme Picker: Unpin Current Theme

The Pin Current / Unpin Current commands are unbound by default — assign them keybindings if you want one-keystroke pinning.

Development

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ and npm.

cd D:\playground\theme-picker
npm install
npm run compile      # one-shot
npm run watch        # incremental

Open this folder in VS Code and press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension loaded.

Notes on behaviour

Pinned themes that are no longer installed are shown in the picker with a warning marker and cannot be applied; cycling skips them automatically.
The pin-manager picker keeps its cursor on the row you toggled, so you can rapidly star/unstar several themes without losing your place.
The pinned-themes picker deliberately does not preview themes as you arrow through the list — themes only change on Enter.

Building a VSIX locally

npm install --no-save @vscode/vsce
npx vsce package
code --install-extension theme-picker-0.1.0.vsix

Publishing to the VS Code Marketplace

Prerequisite: a publisher account at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage and an Azure DevOps Personal Access Token with Marketplace → Manage scope.

cd D:\playground\theme-picker
npm install --no-save @vscode/vsce
npx vsce login besuns-havok        # paste PAT when prompted (one-time)
npx vsce package                   # produces theme-picker-<ver>.vsix locally
npx vsce publish                   # bumps + uploads to the Marketplace

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Theme Picker

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Theme Picker

Features

Settings

Commands

Development

Notes on behaviour

Building a VSIX locally

Publishing to the VS Code Marketplace

License