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scrollbarSlider.activeBackground

scrollbar slider active background. Scrollbar slider background color when clicked on.

Group: Scrollbar control

Where scrollbar slider active background paints

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

scrollbar slider active background

How to change scrollbar slider active 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 scrollbar slider active background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Scrollbar slider background color when clicked on. 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 scrollbar slider active background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Scrollbar slider background color when clicked on. 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": {
    "scrollbarSlider.activeBackground": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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