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extensionButton.hoverBackground

extension button hover background. Button background hover color for extension actions.

Group: Extensions colors

Where extension button hover background paints

This sample moves from #252526 to #1a5276, then back.

extension button hover background
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How to change extension button hover background color in Visual Studio Code

macOS

  1. Open settings.json. Press Shift+Command+P to open the Command Palette, then run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
  2. Set this color id. Add extension button hover background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Button background hover color for extension actions. Use a hex color such as #1a5276.
  3. Save the file. Press Command+S to save settings.json. Visual Studio Code applies the override on top of the active color theme. Remove the entry to use the theme color again.

Windows

Linux uses the same shortcuts.

  1. Open settings.json. Press Shift+Ctrl+P to open the Command Palette, then run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON).
  2. Set this color id. Add extension button hover background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Button background hover color for extension actions. Use a hex color such as #1a5276.
  3. Save the file. Press Ctrl+S to save settings.json. Visual Studio Code applies the override on top of the active color theme. Remove the entry to use the theme color again.
{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "extensionButton.hoverBackground": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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