Eight VS Code themes that greatly improve development efficiency

In Visual Studio Code, you can customize the editor theme by installing extensions. Themes are generally divided into three types: dark themes, light themes, and high-contrast themes. Among them, dark mode is more comfortable for the eyes. This article focuses on 8 excellent dark mode themes, and provides shortcut keys along with VSCode at the end of the article for your reference.

1 Visual Studio Dark+

This is one of the default themes for Visual Studio and comes with VSCode. It can be accessed by pressing Ctrl/Command + Shift + P. This will open the VSCode search bar, type: "Preferences: Color Theme". This will provide a drop-down list of all default and currently installed themes. Select Dark + (default).

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2 Dark+ (default) theme (Atom One Dark Theme)

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=akamud.vscode-theme-onedark

Atom One Dark Theme is suitable for Visual Studio Code and Atom editor. This theme features soft green and purple highlights and provides great contrast on a dark background. It's great for working in dimly lit environments and reduces eye strain. Additionally, it has some customizable options such as font and font size.

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3 Aurora X

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=marqu3s.aurora-x

Aurora X This dark theme features a deep purple background and pastel tones designed to provide a soft, easy-to-read editing experience. The Aurora X theme features high contrast and crisp font styles, and supports multiple programming languages ​​and file types. It is also customizable and can be adjusted to the developer's preferences.

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4 Cobalt2 Theme Official

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=wesbos.theme-cobalt2

This theme uses light blue as the background color and is considered a dark theme. This theme features excellent contrast between text and background.

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5 GitHub themes

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.github-vscode-theme

This theme is based on GitHub and features clear, easy-to-read code fonts and Syntax highlighting. This theme extension comes with 2 light themes and 3 dark themes. Additionally, the extension provides some additional features such as automatic theme switching and custom settings.

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6 Night Owl

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sdras.night-owl

This is another theme pack with 2 dark themes and 2 light themes as this theme has the option to select italic fonts. This theme features a striking dark blue background, as shown below:

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Night Owl (with italics)

7 Tokyo Night

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=enkia.tokyo-night

This is a set of themes that includes 2 dark themes and 1 light theme. "Tokyo Nights" theme has a dark purple background. "Tokyo Night Storm" theme has a slightly brighter purple background.

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Tokyo night theme

8 Winter is Coming Theme

Installation link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnpapa.winteriscoming

This is a very nice dark theme with 2 dark themes and 1 light theme, each with italic options.

Tips: The dark blue theme is great, but the dark theme may hurt your eyes. Dark blue is recommended.

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VSCode shortcut keys

Here are the shortcut keys provided with VSCode:

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Copy or save this shortcut for later use.