eclipse-theia/theia

Allow the user to customize theme colors via settings

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#6,040 opened on Aug 25, 2019

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Description

VSCode has a mechanism to allow the user to customize theme colors, using the editors.tokenColorCustomizations setting.

It would be nice if Theia supported something similar.

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Research direction
Explore Theia's theme API and settings system to implement a custom color customization setting similar to VSCode's `editor.tokenColorCustomizations`. Investigate how Theia registers settings and overrides theme colors.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
TypeScriptTheia extension developmentKnowledge of Theia's settings and theme API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50