Better VSCode customizations? (lemmy.world)

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Does anyone know if theres a way to customize VSCode more than what is available? I really hate the flat design and blocky layout. Would like to see more customizability. Does VSCodium allow this?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

fwiw, VS Code has 3 "tooling areas" - for the lack of a better name - other than the editor itself:

A panel (bottom area) and two sidebars: primary (usually on the left) and secondary (usually on the right).

You can drag and drop tabs in each of these areas to move things around, and even split one of these areas to hold two or more things.

e.g.:

you can make the sidebar share "file explorer" and "git";
put "terminal" and "outline" together on the secondary side bar;
move "docker" to the bottom panel

it's pretty flexible

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I want the ability to fully detach each view, pin/unpin, etc. like I can in visual studio.

I guess what I want is visual studio, but with the language and plugin support of vscode.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Maybe follow this https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/193267

you can pin editor tabs; I don't know what pinning things like file explorer and git would mean, as they can't be closed.

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