Icons for colour scheme in Command Palette #13849

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opened 2026-01-31 03:53:53 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @DakshKK on GitHub (May 19, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Adding icons to the iterable Select colour scheme option in command palette, or to colour schemes in general.

It could be used to provide a preview of the colour scheme in a small icon/image, since like for me, I had no idea what colours the colour scheme may have, and had to select through all of them, to see which one I liked.

So maybe adding an icon could help the person (a really stupid thought on my part), like for me I re-wrote the command, as a nested command in my settings.json, with generated colour palettes icons, since I couldn't find a way to add icons for every command in an iterable command.

The colour schemes could have an icon option, just like profiles which are referenced in iterable commands, or we can add an option to let the icon property accept an array which would set the icon for respective commands, in iterable / nested commands.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021):

Would it possibly be better if the color schemes were previewable as you went through the list in the Command Palette?

preview-set-color-scheme

(from #9794)

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021): Would it possibly be better if the color schemes were previewable as you went through the list in the Command Palette? ![preview-set-color-scheme](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/114557761-9a3cbd80-9c2f-11eb-987f-eb0c89ee1fa6.gif) (from #9794)
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@DakshKK commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021):

This would be even better, I did not think of this.

If this is already in the works, that's superb, and if it has been implemented, could someone please guide me around this.

@DakshKK commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021): This would be even better, I did not think of this. If this is already in the works, that's superb, and if it has been implemented, could someone please guide me around this.
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@mdtauk commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021):

This would be even better, I did not think of this.

If this is already in the works, that's superb, and if it has been implemented, could someone please guide me around this.

Also isn't there a preview being added to the Settings UI?

@mdtauk commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021): > This would be even better, I did not think of this. > > If this is already in the works, that's superb, and if it has been implemented, could someone please guide me around this. Also isn't there a preview being added to the Settings UI?
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021):

It'll be in 1.9 ☺️

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 19, 2021): It'll be in 1.9 ☺️
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Reference: starred/terminal#13849