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Automatic theme switching for VS Code

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Enable automatic theme switching in VS Code based on your system theme. Quick guide on setting your preferred dark and light themes.

# config
# editors
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VSCode supports automatic theme switching based on the system theme using the window.autoDetectColorScheme setting.

Check available themes with Cmd+Shift+p → Preferences: Color Theme, and add the below to settings.json:

{
  ...
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Atom One Dark",
  "workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Atom One Light",
  ...
}