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Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

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Re: Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

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Post by elefantastisch »

This looks really really slick. The signup process only worked for me if I turned off tracking protection in Firefox.

One bug, entering hex code aggressively tries to convert 3 digit into 6 digit. So you can't actually type a 6-digit hex code because as soon as you type the first 3 digits, it expands it into 6, so you have to like backspace and mess around with it to get the color you want.

It would also be nice to have more flexibility in syntax highlighting section. Not everyone wants to group things in the same way for setting colors.

Re: Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

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Post by deanclatworthy »

miketromba wrote: post #15
css wrote: post #7

Both the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links 404. Why does this require an account?

Oooof just pushed a fix for that. It's a lot easier to make a theme in multiple 'sittings' instead of all at once. Your themes get stored under your account so you can come back to them later. Also used for posting the themes in the 'hub'. Localstorage seemed too flakey for theme data storage... it would be a really bad experience to lose an hours worth of theme data.

localStorage is fairly reliable. Far better than the login requirement. Maybe just make it clear to the user that their settings may be lost if they don't login? i.e. login to "hard save"

Re: Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

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Post by zackkrida »

This is great; nice work. The only feature I see missing is the ability to edit the resulting JSON file. This would also allow users to base their theme off of existing themes, which would be my primary use case for something like this.

Often I love a theme except for one or two small details, and it'd be nice to edit them in this tool.

Re: Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

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Post by miketromba »

zackkrida wrote: post #26

This is great; nice work. The only feature I see missing is the ability to edit the resulting JSON file. This would also allow users to base their theme off of existing themes, which would be my primary use case for something like this. Often I love a theme except for one or two small details, and it'd be nice to edit them in this tool.

Thanks for the suggestion! One feature that is somewhat close to this is the "Fork" feature that lets you clone an existing theme that is already within the hub. Another thing which I want to implement in the future is the ability to fork ANY VS Code theme that is on the marketplace... so E.g. if you like "Material Theme" you can instantly 1-click clone it into the theme studio.
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