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titleBar.inactiveBackground

title bar inactive background. Title Bar background when the window is inactive.

Group: Title Bar colors

Where title bar inactive background paints

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

title bar inactive background
titleBar inactiveBackground

How to change title bar inactive 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 title bar inactive background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Title Bar background when the window is inactive. 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 title bar inactive background under workbench.colorCustomizations. Title Bar background when the window is inactive. 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": {
    "titleBar.inactiveBackground": "#1a5276"
  }
}

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