1# Visual Customization
2
3Various aspects of Zed's visual layout can be configured via Zed settings.json which you can access via {#action zed::OpenSettings} ({#kb zed::OpenSettings}).
4
5See [Configuring Zed](./configuring-zed.md) for additional information and other non-visual settings.
6
7## Themes
8
9Use may install zed extensions providing [Themes](./themes.md) and [Icon Themes](./icon-themes.md) via {#action zed::Extensions} from the command palette or menu.
10
11You can preview/choose amongsts your installed themes and icon themes with {#action theme_selector::Toggle} ({#kb theme_selector::Toggle}) and ({#action icon_theme_selector::Toggle}) which will modify the following settings:
12
13```json
14{
15 "theme": "One Dark",
16 "icon_theme": "Zed (Default)"
17}
18```
19
20If you would like to use distinct themes for light mode/dark mode that can be set with:
21
22```json
23{
24 "theme": {
25 "dark": "One Dark"
26 "light": "One Light",
27 // Mode to use (dark, light) or "system" to follow the OS's light/dark mode (default)
28 "mode": "system",
29 },
30 "icon_theme": {
31 "dark": "Zed (Default)"
32 "light": "Zed (Default)",
33 // Mode to use (dark, light) or "system" to follow the OS's light/dark mode (default)
34 "mode": "system",
35 }
36}
37```
38
39## Fonts
40
41```json
42 // UI Font. Use ".SystemUIFont" to use the default system font (SF Pro on macOS)
43 "ui_font_family": "Zed Plex Sans",
44 "ui_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in standard CSS units from 100 to 900.
45 "ui_font_size": 16,
46
47 // Buffer Font - Used by editor buffers
48 "buffer_font_family": "Zed Plex Mono", // Font name for editor buffers
49 "buffer_font_size": 15, // Font size for editor buffers
50 "buffer_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in CSS units [100-900]
51 // Line height "comfortable" (1.618), "standard" (1.3) or custom: `{ "custom": 2 }`
52 "buffer_line_height": "comfortable",
53
54 // Terminal Font Settings
55 "terminal": {
56 "font_family": "Zed Plex Mono",
57 "font_size": 15,
58 // Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
59 "line_height": "comfortable",
60 },
61
62 // Agent Panel Font Settings
63 "agent_font_size": 15
64```
65
66### Font ligatures
67
68By default Zed enable font ligatures which will visually combines certain adjacent characters.
69
70For example `=>` will be displayed as `→` and `!=` will be `≠`. This is purely cosmetic and the individual characters remain unchanged.
71
72To disable this behavior use:
73
74```json
75{
76 "buffer_font_features": {
77 "calt": false // Disable ligatures
78 }
79}
80```
81
82### Status Bar
83
84```json
85{
86 // Whether to show full labels in line indicator or short ones
87 // - `short`: "2 s, 15 l, 32 c"
88 // - `long`: "2 selections, 15 lines, 32 characters"
89 "line_indicator_format": "long"
90
91 // Individual status bar icons can be hidden:
92 // "project_panel": {"button": false },
93 // "outline_panel": {"button": false },
94 // "collaboration_panel": {"button": false },
95 // "chat_panel": {"button": "never" },
96 // "git_panel": {"button": false },
97 // "notification_panel": {"button": false },
98 // "agent": {"button": false },
99 // "debugger": {"button": false },
100 // "diagnostics": {"button": false },
101 // "search": {"button": false },
102}
103```
104
105### Titlebar
106
107```json
108 // Control which items are shown/hidden in the title bar
109 "title_bar": {
110 "show_branch_icon": false, // Show/hide branch icon beside branch switcher
111 "show_branch_name": true, // Show/hide branch name
112 "show_project_items": true, // Show/hide project host and name
113 "show_onboarding_banner": true, // Show/hide onboarding banners
114 "show_user_picture": true, // Show/hide user avatar
115 "show_sign_in": true, // Show/hide sign-in button
116 "show_menus": false // Show/hide menus
117 },
118```
119
120## Workspace
121
122```json
123{
124 // Force usage of Zed build in path prompts (file and directory pickers)
125 // instead of OS native pickers (false).
126 "use_system_path_prompts": true,
127 // Force usage of Zed built in confirmation prompts ("Do you want to save?")
128 // instead of OS native prompts (false). On linux this is ignored (always false).
129 "use_system_prompts": true,
130
131 // Whether to use the system provided dialogs for Open and Save As (true) or
132 // Zed's built-in keyboard-first pickers (false)
133 "use_system_path_prompts": true,
134
135 // Active pane styling settings.
136 "active_pane_modifiers": {
137 // Inset border size of the active pane, in pixels.
138 "border_size": 0.0,
139 // Opacity of the inactive panes. 0 means transparent, 1 means opaque.
140 "inactive_opacity": 1.0
141 },
142
143 // Layout mode of the bottom dock: contained, full, left_aligned, right_aligned
144 "bottom_dock_layout": "contained",
145
146 // Whether to resize all the panels in a dock when resizing the dock.
147 // Can be a combination of "left", "right" and "bottom".
148 "resize_all_panels_in_dock": ["left"]
149}
150```
151
152<!--
153TBD: Centered layout related settings
154```json
155 "centered_layout": {
156 // The relative width of the left padding of the central pane from the
157 // workspace when the centered layout is used.
158 "left_padding": 0.2,
159 // The relative width of the right padding of the central pane from the
160 // workspace when the centered layout is used.
161 "right_padding": 0.2
162 },
163```
164-->
165
166## Editor
167
168```json
169 // Whether the cursor blinks in the editor.
170 "cursor_blink": true,
171
172 // Cursor shape for the default editor: bar, block, underline, hollow
173 "cursor_shape": null,
174
175 // Highlight the current line in the editor: none, gutter, line, all
176 "current_line_highlight": "all",
177
178 // When does the mouse cursor hide: never, on_typing, on_typing_and_movement
179 "hide_mouse": "on_typing_and_movement",
180
181 // Whether to highlight all occurrences of the selected text in an editor.
182 "selection_highlight": true,
183
184 // Visually show tabs and spaces (none, all, selection, boundary, trailing)
185 "show_whitespaces": "selection",
186
187 "unnecessary_code_fade": 0.3, // How much to fade out unused code.
188
189 // Hide the values of in variables from visual display in private files
190 "redact_private_values": false,
191
192 // Soft-wrap and rulers
193 "soft_wrap": "none", // none, editor_width, preferred_line_length, bounded
194 "preferred_line_length": 80, // Column to soft-wrap
195 "show_wrap_guides": true, // Show/hide wrap guides (vertical rulers)
196 "wrap_guides": [], // Where to position wrap_guides (character counts)
197
198 // Gutter Settings
199 "gutter": {
200 "line_numbers": true, // Show/hide line numbers in the gutter.
201 "runnables": true, // Show/hide runnables buttons in the gutter.
202 "breakpoints": true, // Show/hide show breakpoints in the gutter.
203 "folds": true, // Show/hide show fold buttons in the gutter.
204 "min_line_number_digits": 4 // Reserve space for N digit line numbers
205 },
206 "relative_line_numbers": false, // Show relative line numbers in gutter
207
208 // Indent guides
209 "indent_guides": {
210 "enabled": true,
211 "line_width": 1, // Width of guides in pixels [1-10]
212 "active_line_width": 1, // Width of active guide in pixels [1-10]
213 "coloring": "fixed", // disabled, fixed, indent_aware
214 "background_coloring": "disabled" // disabled, indent_aware
215 }
216```
217
218### Git Blame {#editor-blame}
219
220```json
221 "git": {
222 "inline_blame": {
223 "enabled": true, // Show/hide inline blame
224 "delay": 0, // Show after delay (ms)
225 "min_column": 0, // Minimum column to inline display blame
226 "show_commit_summary": false // Show/hide commit summary
227 },
228 "hunk_style": "staged_hollow" // staged_hollow, unstaged_hollow
229 }
230```
231
232### Editor Toolbar
233
234```json
235 // Editor toolbar related settings
236 "toolbar": {
237 "breadcrumbs": true, // Whether to show breadcrumbs.
238 "quick_actions": true, // Whether to show quick action buttons.
239 "selections_menu": true, // Whether to show the Selections menu
240 "agent_review": true, // Whether to show agent review buttons
241 "code_actions": false // Whether to show code action buttons
242 }
243```
244
245### Editor Scrollbar and Minimap {#editor-scrollbar}
246
247```json
248 // Scrollbar related settings
249 "scrollbar": {
250 // When to show the scrollbar in the editor (auto, system, always, never)
251 "show": "auto",
252 "cursors": true, // Show cursor positions in the scrollbar.
253 "git_diff": true, // Show git diff indicators in the scrollbar.
254 "search_results": true, // Show buffer search results in the scrollbar.
255 "selected_text": true, // Show selected text occurrences in the scrollbar.
256 "selected_symbol": true, // Show selected symbol occurrences in the scrollbar.
257 "diagnostics": "all", // Show diagnostics (none, error, warning, information, all)
258 "axes": {
259 "horizontal": true, // Show/hide the horizontal scrollbar
260 "vertical": true // Show/hide the vertical scrollbar
261 }
262 },
263
264 // Minimap related settings
265 "minimap": {
266 "show": "never", // When to show (auto, always, never)
267 "display_in": "active_editor", // Where to show (active_editor, all_editor)
268 "thumb": "always", // When to show thumb (always, hover)
269 "thumb_border": "left_open", // Thumb border (left_open, right_open, full, none)
270 "max_width_columns": 80 // Maximum width of minimap
271 "current_line_highlight": null // Highlight current line (null, line, gutter)
272 },
273
274 // Control Editor scroll beyond the last line: off, one_page, vertical_scroll_margin
275 "scroll_beyond_last_line": "one_page",
276 // Lines to keep above/below the cursor when scrolling with the keyboard
277 "vertical_scroll_margin": 3,
278 // The number of characters to keep on either side when scrolling with the mouse
279 "horizontal_scroll_margin": 5,
280 // Scroll sensitivity multiplier
281 "scroll_sensitivity": 1.0,
282 // Scroll sensitivity multiplier for fast scrolling (hold alt while scrolling)
283 "fast_scroll_sensitivity": 4.0,
284```
285
286### Editor Tabs
287
288```json
289 // Maximum number of tabs per pane. Unset for unlimited.
290 "max_tabs": null,
291
292 // Customize the tab bar appearance
293 "tab_bar": {
294 "show": true, // Show/hide the tab bar
295 "show_nav_history_buttons": true, // Show/hide history buttons on tab bar
296 "show_tab_bar_buttons": true // Show hide buttons (new, split, zoom)
297 },
298 "tabs": {
299 "git_status": false, // Color to show git status
300 "close_position": "right", // Close button position (left, right, hidden)
301 "show_close_button": "hover", // Close button shown (hover, always, hidden)
302 "file_icons": false, // Icon showing file type
303 // Show diagnostics in file icon (off, errors, all). Requires file_icons=true
304 "show_diagnostics": "off"
305 }
306```
307
308### Multibuffer
309
310```json
311{
312 // The default number of lines to expand excerpts in the multibuffer by.
313 "expand_excerpt_lines": 5
314}
315```
316
317### Editor Completions, Snippets, Actions, Diagnostics {#editor-lsp}
318
319```json
320 "snippet_sort_order": "inline", // Snippets completions: top, inline, bottom, none
321 "show_completions_on_input": true, // Show completions while typing
322 "show_completion_documentation": true, // Show documentation in completions
323 "auto_signature_help": false, // Show method signatures inside parentheses
324
325 // Whether to show the signature help after completion or a bracket pair inserted.
326 // If `auto_signature_help` is enabled, this setting will be treated as enabled also.
327 "show_signature_help_after_edits": false,
328
329 // Whether to show code action button at start of buffer line.
330 "inline_code_actions": true,
331
332 // Which level to use to filter out diagnostics displayed in the editor:
333 "diagnostics_max_severity": null, // off, error, warning, info, hint, null (all)
334
335 // How to render LSP `textDocument/documentColor` colors in the editor.
336 "lsp_document_colors": "inlay", // none, inlay, border, background
337```
338
339### Edit Predictions {#editor-ai}
340
341```json
342 "edit_predictions": {
343 "mode": "eager", // Automatically show (eager) or hold-alt (subtle)
344 "enabled_in_text_threads": true // Show/hide predictions in agent text threads
345 },
346 "show_edit_predictions": true // Show/hide predictions in editor
347```
348
349### Editor Inlay Hints
350
351```json
352{
353 "inlay_hints": {
354 "enabled": false,
355 // Toggle certain types of hints on and off, all switched on by default.
356 "show_type_hints": true,
357 "show_parameter_hints": true,
358 "show_other_hints": true,
359
360 // Whether to show a background for inlay hints (theme `hint.background`)
361 "show_background": false, //
362
363 // Time to wait after editing before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
364 "edit_debounce_ms": 700,
365 // Time to wait after scrolling before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
366 "scroll_debounce_ms": 50,
367
368 // A set of modifiers which, when pressed, will toggle the visibility of inlay hints.
369 "toggle_on_modifiers_press": {
370 "control": false,
371 "shift": false,
372 "alt": false,
373 "platform": false,
374 "function": false
375 }
376 }
377}
378```
379
380## File Finder
381
382```json
383 // File Finder Settings
384 "file_finder": {
385 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
386 "modal_max_width": "small", // Horizontal size: small, medium, large, xlarge, full
387 "git_status": true, // Show the git status for each entry
388 "include_ignored": null // gitignored files in results: true, false, null
389 },
390```
391
392## Project Panel
393
394Project panel can be shown/hidden with {#action project_panel::ToggleFocus} ({#kb project_panel::ToggleFocus}) or with {#action pane::RevealInProjectPanel} ({#kb pane::RevealInProjectPanel}).
395
396```json
397 // Project Panel Settings
398 "project_panel": {
399 "button": true, // Show/hide button in the status bar
400 "default_width": 240, // Default panel width
401 "dock": "left", // Position of the dock (left, right)
402 "entry_spacing": "comfortable", // Vertical spacing (comfortable, standard)
403 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
404 "folder_icons": true, // Show/hide folder icons
405 "git_status": true, // Indicate new/updated files
406 "indent_size": 20, // Pixels for each successive indent
407 "auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
408 "auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
409 "scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
410 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
411 },
412 "show_diagnostics": "all", //
413 // Settings related to indent guides in the project panel.
414 "indent_guides": {
415 // When to show indent guides in the project panel. (always, never)
416 "show": "always"
417 },
418 // Whether to hide the root entry when only one folder is open in the window.
419 "hide_root": false
420 }.
421```
422
423## Agent Panel
424
425```json
426 "agent": {
427 "version": "2",
428 "enabled": true, // Enable/disable the agent
429 "button": true, // Show/hide the icon in the status bar
430 "dock": "right", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
431 "default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
432 "default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom dockeed)
433 },
434 "agent_font_size": 16
435```
436
437See [Zed AI Documentation](./ai/overview.md) for additional non-visual AI settings.
438
439## Terminal Panel
440
441```json
442 // Terminal Panel Settings
443 "terminal": {
444 "dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
445 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
446 "default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
447 "default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom dockeed)
448
449 // Set the cursor blinking behavior in the terminal (on, off, terminal_controlled)
450 "blinking": "terminal_controlled",
451 // Default cursor shape for the terminal cursor (block, bar, underline, hollow)
452 "cursor_shape": "block",
453
454 // Environment variables to add to terminal's process environment
455 "env": {
456 // "KEY": "value"
457 },
458
459 // Terminal scrollbar
460 "scrollbar": {
461 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
462 },
463 // Terminal Font Settings
464 "font_family": "Zed Plex Mono",
465 "font_size": 15,
466 "font_weight": 400,
467 // Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
468 "line_height": "comfortable",
469
470 "max_scroll_history_lines": 10000, // Scrollback history (0=disable, max=100000)
471 }
472```
473
474See [Terminal settings](./configuring-zed.md#terminal) for additional non-visual customization options.
475
476### Other Panels
477
478```json
479 // Git Panel
480 "git_panel": {
481 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
482 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
483 "default_width": 360, // Default width of the git panel.
484 "status_style": "icon", // label_color, icon
485 "sort_by_path": false, // Sort by path (false) or status (true)
486 "scrollbar": {
487 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
488 }
489 },
490
491 // Debugger Panel
492 "debugger": {
493 "dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
494 "button": true // Show/hide status bar icon
495 },
496
497 // Outline Panel
498 "outline_panel": {
499 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
500 "default_width": 300, // Default width of the git panel
501 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
502 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file_icons
503 "folder_icons": true, // Show file_icons (true), chevrons (false) for dirs
504 "git_status": true, // Show git status
505 "indent_size": 20, // Indentation for nested items (pixels)
506 "indent_guides": {
507 "show": "always" // Show indent guides (always, never)
508 },
509 "auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
510 "auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
511 "scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
512 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
513 }
514 }
515```
516
517## Collaboration Panels
518
519```json
520{
521 // Collaboration Panel
522 "collaboration_panel": {
523 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
524 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
525 "default_width": 240 // Default width of the collaboration panel.
526 },
527 "show_call_status_icon": true, // Shown call status in the OS status bar.
528
529 // Chat Panel
530 "chat_panel": {
531 "button": "when_in_call", // status bar icon (true, false, when_in_call)
532 "dock": "right", // Where to dock: left, right
533 "default_width": 240 // Default width of the chat panel
534 },
535
536 // Notification Panel
537 "notification_panel": {
538 // Whether to show the notification panel button in the status bar.
539 "button": true,
540 // Where to dock the notification panel. Can be 'left' or 'right'.
541 "dock": "right",
542 // Default width of the notification panel.
543 "default_width": 380
544 }
545```