The most epic theme meet Visual Studio Code. Please note that this theme is still in Beta (β) release. You can help by reporting issues here

Getting started

You can install this awesome theme through the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

Installation

Launch Quick Open

• Linux Ctrl+P
• macOS ⌘P
• Windows Ctrl+P

Paste the following command and press Enter:

ext install vsc-material-theme

Packaged VSIX Extension

Download the latest .vsix release file from the GitHub repository and install it from the command line

code --install-extension vsc-material-theme-*.*.*.vsix

or from within VS Code by launching Quick Open and running the Install from VSIX... command.

GitHub Repository Clone

Change to your .vscode/extensions VS Code extensions directory. Depending on your platform it is located in the following folders:

• Linux ~/.vscode/extensions
• macOs ~/.vscode/extensions
• Windows %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions

Clone the Material Theme repository as Equinusocio.vsc-material-theme:

git clone https://github.com/equinusocio/vsc-material-theme.git Equinusocio.vsc-material-theme

Activate theme

Launch Quick Open,

• Linux Ctrl+P
• macOS Shift+⌘+P
• Windows Ctrl+P

Type theme anc choose Preferences: Color Theme, then select Material Theme from the list.

This theme provide differents color variants, to change the active theme variant type Material Theme and choose Material Theme: Settings, then select Change color variant and pick one theme from the list.

Activate File Icons

Launch Quick Open,

• Linux Ctrl+P
• macOS Shift+⌘+P
• Windows Ctrl+P

type icon theme and select Material Theme Icons from the drop-down menu.

Set the accent color

Launch Quick Open,

• Linux Ctrl+P
• macOS Shift+⌘+P
• Windows Ctrl+P

Type Material Theme and choose Material Theme: Settings, then select Change accent color and pick one color from the list.

Recommended settings for a better experience:

    // Controls the font family.
    "editor.fontFamily": "Operator Mono",
    // Controls the line height. Use 0 to compute the lineHeight from the fontSize.
    "editor.lineHeight": 24,
    // Enables font ligatures
    "editor.fontLigatures": true,

Other resources

• AppIcon: Download the official Material Theme app icon for Visual Studio code

Acknowledgements

• @OctoD for the typescript theme builder.

Copyright © 2017 Mattia Astorino and Paolo Roth