Vscode: activityBar.activeBorder and activityBar.activeBackground is not recognized

Created on 8 Nov 2019 · 4Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

VSCode Version: 1.40.0
OS Version: MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Steps to Reproduce:

Open the settings.json file
Type in activityBar.activeBorder or activityBar.activeBackground and enter some values

Screenshot:
Screen Shot 2019-11-09 at 2 37 38 AM

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

*question

Source

aniskhan001

👍2

Most helpful comment

For those settings to be recognized they have to be nested in
workbench.colorCustomizations

Like so:

 "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "activityBar.activeBorder": "#ff00a8",
        "activityBar.activeBackground": "#ff00a822"
},

hannawalter on 8 Nov 2019

👍27 ❤7 🎉7

All 4 comments

For those settings to be recognized they have to be nested in
workbench.colorCustomizations

Like so:

 "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
        "activityBar.activeBorder": "#ff00a8",
        "activityBar.activeBackground": "#ff00a822"
},

hannawalter on 8 Nov 2019

👍27 ❤7 🎉7

Please ask your question on StackOverflow. We have a great community over there. They have already answered thousands of questions and are happy to answer yours as well. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

vscodebot[bot] on 8 Nov 2019

👎3

I asked (and answered) this on Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47390242/how-to-modify-vscode-activity-bar

zachvalenta on 9 Nov 2019

👎4

I believe this has to be better documented than this,

You can control the active indicator via the new color token, activityBar.activeBorder. We also introduced an optional background color for the active element, activityBar.activeBackground, and when configured can look like so:

I was making the same mistake as OP.