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If it says “ cannot edit in read-only mode” then hopefully you should have another panel to the right ( left panel reads Default User Settings, while the right panel reads User Settings). Scroll all the way down to the bottom of this section and you should see a setting that says: “window.titleBarStyle”: “native”.Įdit that to say “custom” instead of “native”.

Under User Settings you will see a long, long list of settings beginning with Commonly Used, Editor, Workbench, Window, etc… Expand the Window section: Find the Window user settings by going to File > Preferences > Settings. This article here led me in the right direction.įirst, go to File > Preferences > Settings. This took me several minutes of google searching to find the solution.

You will probably notice that the menu bar and in fact, all menus, are still white. The VSCode-Icons set is much more vibrant against a dark, transparent colour theme. Then go to File > Preferences > File Icon Theme and select vscode-icons from the list. Go to Extension Manager and search for “ icons“.

I also really like the Abyss dark theme but currently my favourite is the Night Owl (no italics) theme. Use the Color Theme menu to select it and enable it. Use the Extension Manager again to search for and install the theme. Press and hold Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command line, enter in Preferences: Color Theme and use the up and down arrows to select the Night Owl (no italics) theme.Īnother nice, very dark, but vibrant theme is the Monokai Vibrant Theme. You should now have a slightly transparent VSC window! Set Theme Under File > Preferences > Settings > User Settings subwindow on RHS you can enter the following lines of code to fine-tune your GlassIt extension: "glassit.alpha": 225 Wait for GlassIt-VSC to show up and click install. In the right-hand vertical menu, select Extensions (5th icon down below Explorer, Search, Source Control, and Debug). This extension allows VSC to operate with a transparent window in Windows 10. Install GlassIt Extensionįirst, let’s install the GlassIt-VSC Extension. If you are like me and prefer coding in a dark, slightly transparent GUI then follow these instructions.