Theme developers: how do you manage variants of a base theme?

• github-vscode-theme

  9 1,856 0.0 JavaScript

  GitHub's VS Code themes

  

• pinecone

  1 14 3.6 TypeScript

  Lovely VSCode theme builder (by mvllow)

Try pinecone! If I understand your question correctly this should do everything you’re asking for, plus it has a built-in watch function to test your theme :)

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• vscode-adwaita

  4 131 1.6 Python

  VS Code theme for the GNOME desktop

Like others suggested, I used to pre-generate multiple .json files for my theme. I am currently creating a much more customizable version of my theme, where it's impractical to generate a .json and a list entry for every possible configuration of the theme. Instead, I'll be shipping just 2 .json files for the default dark and light configurations, then I'll have my extension modify these files at runtime according to the values user sets in VS Code settings. The changes are reflected instantly thanks to the undocumented package.json contributes.themes[]._watch = true option.

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