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statusBarItem.offlineBackground

status bar item offline background. Status bar item background color when the workbench is offline.

Group: Status Bar colors

Where status bar item offline background paints

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

status bar item offline background
statusBarItem offlineBackground

How to change status bar item offline 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 status bar item offline background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Status bar item background color when the workbench is offline. 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 status bar item offline background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Status bar item background color when the workbench is offline. 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": {
    "statusBarItem.offlineBackground": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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