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Random Theme Switcher

Random Theme Switcher

zanza00

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| (8) | Free
A simple extension that randomly choose a theme
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Random Theme Switcher

A simple extension that chooses and applies a random theme.

Features

  • Choose between 5 switch Modes:
Mode Description
manual No automatic switch is performed
startup When active it will change theme whenever vscode is opened
daily When active it will change theme once a day
interval When active it will change theme every randomThemeSwitcher.switchInterval minutes
typing When active it will change theme every times a keyboard key is pressed

Don't forget to reload VSC for the changes to take effect

  • With randomThemeSwitcher.copyall command you can copy in batch all the installed themes:
    • You can narrow the themes' side you want to load
    • You can optionally specify an exclude regex for theme names

Change theme on command

  • Open the command palette and search for random
  • Choose Random Theme: Switch to a Random Theme

Change the current Theme

Change theme when vscode starts

  • Open a new window and, after a few seconds, behold the new theme!

Extension Settings

  • randomThemeSwitcher.switchOnOpen: true or false, default is true, change to a random theme when vscode is opened.

  • randomThemeSwitcher.themeList: a list of string with labels of themes.

  • preventReloadThemeList: some themes, after they are applied, reload the instance. If are present in this list the extension will not set a new random theme after they are applied

    • default to the material theme suite

PROTIP: For easy setup use the command Random Theme: Copy all installed themes in settings

example:

"randomThemeSwitcher.themeList": [
        "Andromeda Italic",
        "Cobalt2",
        "Dracula",
        "Tomorrow Night Blue",
        "Ayu Dark",
        "One Monokai",
        "Night Owl"
]
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