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terminal.hoverHighlightBackground

terminal hover highlight background. Color of the highlight when hovering a link in the terminal.

Group: Integrated Terminal colors

Where terminal hover highlight background paints

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

terminal hover highlight background~/my-project$

How to change terminal hover highlight 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 terminal hover highlight background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Color of the highlight when hovering a link in the terminal. 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 terminal hover highlight background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Color of the highlight when hovering a link in the terminal. 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": {
    "terminal.hoverHighlightBackground": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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