README.md

Random Theme Switcher

A simple extension that chooses and applies a random theme.

Features

• Choose between 5 switch Modes:

Mode	Description
manual	No automatic switch is performed
startup	When active it will change theme whenever vscode is opened
daily	When active it will change theme once a day
interval	When active it will change theme every randomThemeSwitcher.switchInterval minutes
typing	When active it will change theme every times a keyboard key is pressed

Don't forget to reload VSC for the changes to take effect

• With randomThemeSwitcher.copyall command you can copy in batch all the installed themes:
  • You can narrow the themes' side you want to load
  • You can optionally specify an exclude regex for theme names

Change theme on command

• Open the command palette and search for random
• Choose Random Theme: Switch to a Random Theme

Change theme when vscode starts

• Open a new window and, after a few seconds, behold the new theme!

Extension Settings

• randomThemeSwitcher.switchOnOpen: true or false, default is true, change to a random theme when vscode is opened.

• randomThemeSwitcher.themeList: a list of string with labels of themes.

• preventReloadThemeList: some themes, after they are applied, reload the instance. If are present in this list the extension will not set a new random theme after they are applied

  • default to the material theme suite

PROTIP: For easy setup use the command Random Theme: Copy all installed themes in settings

example:

"randomThemeSwitcher.themeList": [
        "Andromeda Italic",
        "Cobalt2",
        "Dracula",
        "Tomorrow Night Blue",
        "Ayu Dark",
        "One Monokai",
        "Night Owl"
]