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 amongst 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 // or ".ZedSans" for the bundled default (currently IBM Plex)
44 "ui_font_family": ".SystemUIFont",
45 "ui_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in standard CSS units from 100 to 900.
46 "ui_font_size": 16,
47
48 // Buffer Font - Used by editor buffers
49 // use ".ZedMono" for the bundled default monospace (currently Lilex)
50 "buffer_font_family": "Berkeley Mono", // Font name for editor buffers
51 "buffer_font_size": 15, // Font size for editor buffers
52 "buffer_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in CSS units [100-900]
53 // Line height "comfortable" (1.618), "standard" (1.3) or custom: `{ "custom": 2 }`
54 "buffer_line_height": "comfortable",
55
56 // Terminal Font Settings
57 "terminal": {
58 "font_family": "",
59 "font_size": 15,
60 // Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
61 "line_height": "comfortable",
62 },
63
64 // Agent Panel Font Settings
65 "agent_font_size": 15
66```
67
68### Font ligatures
69
70By default Zed enable font ligatures which will visually combines certain adjacent characters.
71
72For example `=>` will be displayed as `→` and `!=` will be `≠`. This is purely cosmetic and the individual characters remain unchanged.
73
74To disable this behavior use:
75
76```json
77{
78 "buffer_font_features": {
79 "calt": false // Disable ligatures
80 }
81}
82```
83
84### Status Bar
85
86```json
87{
88 // Whether to show full labels in line indicator or short ones
89 // - `short`: "2 s, 15 l, 32 c"
90 // - `long`: "2 selections, 15 lines, 32 characters"
91 "line_indicator_format": "long"
92
93 // Individual status bar icons can be hidden:
94 // "project_panel": {"button": false },
95 // "outline_panel": {"button": false },
96 // "collaboration_panel": {"button": false },
97 // "git_panel": {"button": false },
98 // "notification_panel": {"button": false },
99 // "agent": {"button": false },
100 // "debugger": {"button": false },
101 // "diagnostics": {"button": false },
102 // "search": {"button": false },
103}
104```
105
106### Titlebar
107
108```json
109 // Control which items are shown/hidden in the title bar
110 "title_bar": {
111 "show": "always", // When to show: always | never | hide_in_full_screen
112 "show_branch_icon": false, // Show/hide branch icon beside branch switcher
113 "show_branch_name": true, // Show/hide branch name
114 "show_project_items": true, // Show/hide project host and name
115 "show_onboarding_banner": true, // Show/hide onboarding banners
116 "show_user_picture": true, // Show/hide user avatar
117 "show_sign_in": true, // Show/hide sign-in button
118 "show_menus": false // Show/hide menus
119 },
120```
121
122## Workspace
123
124```json
125{
126 // Force usage of Zed build in path prompts (file and directory pickers)
127 // instead of OS native pickers (false).
128 "use_system_path_prompts": true,
129 // Force usage of Zed built in confirmation prompts ("Do you want to save?")
130 // instead of OS native prompts (false). On linux this is ignored (always false).
131 "use_system_prompts": true,
132
133 // Whether to use the system provided dialogs for Open and Save As (true) or
134 // Zed's built-in keyboard-first pickers (false)
135 "use_system_path_prompts": true,
136
137 // Active pane styling settings.
138 "active_pane_modifiers": {
139 // Inset border size of the active pane, in pixels.
140 "border_size": 0.0,
141 // Opacity of the inactive panes. 0 means transparent, 1 means opaque.
142 "inactive_opacity": 1.0
143 },
144
145 // Layout mode of the bottom dock: contained, full, left_aligned, right_aligned
146 "bottom_dock_layout": "contained",
147
148 // Whether to resize all the panels in a dock when resizing the dock.
149 // Can be a combination of "left", "right" and "bottom".
150 "resize_all_panels_in_dock": ["left"]
151}
152```
153
154<!--
155TBD: Centered layout related settings
156```json
157 "centered_layout": {
158 // The relative width of the left padding of the central pane from the
159 // workspace when the centered layout is used.
160 "left_padding": 0.2,
161 // The relative width of the right padding of the central pane from the
162 // workspace when the centered layout is used.
163 "right_padding": 0.2
164 },
165```
166-->
167
168## Editor
169
170```json
171 // Whether the cursor blinks in the editor.
172 "cursor_blink": true,
173
174 // Cursor shape for the default editor: bar, block, underline, hollow
175 "cursor_shape": null,
176
177 // Highlight the current line in the editor: none, gutter, line, all
178 "current_line_highlight": "all",
179
180 // When does the mouse cursor hide: never, on_typing, on_typing_and_movement
181 "hide_mouse": "on_typing_and_movement",
182
183 // Whether to highlight all occurrences of the selected text in an editor.
184 "selection_highlight": true,
185
186 // Visually show tabs and spaces (none, all, selection, boundary, trailing)
187 "show_whitespaces": "selection",
188
189 "unnecessary_code_fade": 0.3, // How much to fade out unused code.
190
191 // Hide the values of in variables from visual display in private files
192 "redact_private_values": false,
193
194 // Soft-wrap and rulers
195 "soft_wrap": "none", // none, editor_width, preferred_line_length, bounded
196 "preferred_line_length": 80, // Column to soft-wrap
197 "show_wrap_guides": true, // Show/hide wrap guides (vertical rulers)
198 "wrap_guides": [], // Where to position wrap_guides (character counts)
199
200 // Gutter Settings
201 "gutter": {
202 "line_numbers": true, // Show/hide line numbers in the gutter.
203 "runnables": true, // Show/hide runnables buttons in the gutter.
204 "breakpoints": true, // Show/hide show breakpoints in the gutter.
205 "folds": true, // Show/hide show fold buttons in the gutter.
206 "min_line_number_digits": 4 // Reserve space for N digit line numbers
207 },
208 "relative_line_numbers": false, // Show relative line numbers in gutter
209
210 // Indent guides
211 "indent_guides": {
212 "enabled": true,
213 "line_width": 1, // Width of guides in pixels [1-10]
214 "active_line_width": 1, // Width of active guide in pixels [1-10]
215 "coloring": "fixed", // disabled, fixed, indent_aware
216 "background_coloring": "disabled" // disabled, indent_aware
217 }
218```
219
220### Git Blame {#editor-blame}
221
222```json
223 "git": {
224 "inline_blame": {
225 "enabled": true, // Show/hide inline blame
226 "delay": 0, // Show after delay (ms)
227 "min_column": 0, // Minimum column to inline display blame
228 "padding": 7, // Padding between code and inline blame (em)
229 "show_commit_summary": false // Show/hide commit summary
230 },
231 "hunk_style": "staged_hollow" // staged_hollow, unstaged_hollow
232 }
233```
234
235### Editor Toolbar
236
237```json
238 // Editor toolbar related settings
239 "toolbar": {
240 "breadcrumbs": true, // Whether to show breadcrumbs.
241 "quick_actions": true, // Whether to show quick action buttons.
242 "selections_menu": true, // Whether to show the Selections menu
243 "agent_review": true, // Whether to show agent review buttons
244 "code_actions": false // Whether to show code action buttons
245 }
246```
247
248### Editor Scrollbar and Minimap {#editor-scrollbar}
249
250```json
251 // Scrollbar related settings
252 "scrollbar": {
253 // When to show the scrollbar in the editor (auto, system, always, never)
254 "show": "auto",
255 "cursors": true, // Show cursor positions in the scrollbar.
256 "git_diff": true, // Show git diff indicators in the scrollbar.
257 "search_results": true, // Show buffer search results in the scrollbar.
258 "selected_text": true, // Show selected text occurrences in the scrollbar.
259 "selected_symbol": true, // Show selected symbol occurrences in the scrollbar.
260 "diagnostics": "all", // Show diagnostics (none, error, warning, information, all)
261 "axes": {
262 "horizontal": true, // Show/hide the horizontal scrollbar
263 "vertical": true // Show/hide the vertical scrollbar
264 }
265 },
266
267 // Minimap related settings
268 "minimap": {
269 "show": "never", // When to show (auto, always, never)
270 "display_in": "active_editor", // Where to show (active_editor, all_editor)
271 "thumb": "always", // When to show thumb (always, hover)
272 "thumb_border": "left_open", // Thumb border (left_open, right_open, full, none)
273 "max_width_columns": 80, // Maximum width of minimap
274 "current_line_highlight": null // Highlight current line (null, line, gutter)
275 },
276
277 // Control Editor scroll beyond the last line: off, one_page, vertical_scroll_margin
278 "scroll_beyond_last_line": "one_page",
279 // Lines to keep above/below the cursor when scrolling with the keyboard
280 "vertical_scroll_margin": 3,
281 // The number of characters to keep on either side when scrolling with the mouse
282 "horizontal_scroll_margin": 5,
283 // Scroll sensitivity multiplier
284 "scroll_sensitivity": 1.0,
285 // Scroll sensitivity multiplier for fast scrolling (hold alt while scrolling)
286 "fast_scroll_sensitivity": 4.0,
287```
288
289### Editor Tabs
290
291```json
292 // Maximum number of tabs per pane. Unset for unlimited.
293 "max_tabs": null,
294
295 // Customize the tab bar appearance
296 "tab_bar": {
297 "show": true, // Show/hide the tab bar
298 "show_nav_history_buttons": true, // Show/hide history buttons on tab bar
299 "show_tab_bar_buttons": true // Show hide buttons (new, split, zoom)
300 },
301 "tabs": {
302 "git_status": false, // Color to show git status
303 "close_position": "right", // Close button position (left, right, hidden)
304 "show_close_button": "hover", // Close button shown (hover, always, hidden)
305 "file_icons": false, // Icon showing file type
306 // Show diagnostics in file icon (off, errors, all). Requires file_icons=true
307 "show_diagnostics": "off"
308 }
309```
310
311### Status Bar
312
313```json
314 "status_bar": {
315 // Show/hide a button that displays the active buffer's language.
316 // Clicking the button brings up the language selector.
317 // Defaults to true.
318 "active_language_button": true,
319 // Show/hide a button that displays the cursor's position.
320 // Clicking the button brings up an input for jumping to a line and column.
321 // Defaults to true.
322 "cursor_position_button": true,
323 },
324 "global_lsp_settings": {
325 // Show/hide the LSP button in the status bar.
326 // Activity from the LSP is still shown.
327 // Button is not shown if "enable_language_server" if false.
328 "button": true
329 },
330```
331
332### Multibuffer
333
334```json
335{
336 // The default number of lines to expand excerpts in the multibuffer by.
337 "expand_excerpt_lines": 5,
338 // The default number of lines of context provided for excerpts in the multibuffer by.
339 "excerpt_context_lines": 2
340}
341```
342
343### Editor Completions, Snippets, Actions, Diagnostics {#editor-lsp}
344
345```json
346 "snippet_sort_order": "inline", // Snippets completions: top, inline, bottom, none
347 "show_completions_on_input": true, // Show completions while typing
348 "show_completion_documentation": true, // Show documentation in completions
349 "auto_signature_help": false, // Show method signatures inside parentheses
350
351 // Whether to show the signature help after completion or a bracket pair inserted.
352 // If `auto_signature_help` is enabled, this setting will be treated as enabled also.
353 "show_signature_help_after_edits": false,
354
355 // Whether to show code action button at start of buffer line.
356 "inline_code_actions": true,
357
358 // Which level to use to filter out diagnostics displayed in the editor:
359 "diagnostics_max_severity": null, // off, error, warning, info, hint, null (all)
360
361 // How to render LSP `textDocument/documentColor` colors in the editor.
362 "lsp_document_colors": "inlay", // none, inlay, border, background
363```
364
365### Edit Predictions {#editor-ai}
366
367```json
368 "edit_predictions": {
369 "mode": "eager", // Automatically show (eager) or hold-alt (subtle)
370 "enabled_in_text_threads": true // Show/hide predictions in agent text threads
371 },
372 "show_edit_predictions": true // Show/hide predictions in editor
373```
374
375### Editor Inlay Hints
376
377```json
378{
379 "inlay_hints": {
380 "enabled": false,
381 // Toggle certain types of hints on and off, all switched on by default.
382 "show_type_hints": true,
383 "show_parameter_hints": true,
384 "show_other_hints": true,
385
386 // Whether to show a background for inlay hints (theme `hint.background`)
387 "show_background": false, //
388
389 // Time to wait after editing before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
390 "edit_debounce_ms": 700,
391 // Time to wait after scrolling before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
392 "scroll_debounce_ms": 50,
393
394 // A set of modifiers which, when pressed, will toggle the visibility of inlay hints.
395 "toggle_on_modifiers_press": {
396 "control": false,
397 "shift": false,
398 "alt": false,
399 "platform": false,
400 "function": false
401 }
402 }
403}
404```
405
406## File Finder
407
408```json
409 // File Finder Settings
410 "file_finder": {
411 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
412 "modal_max_width": "small", // Horizontal size: small, medium, large, xlarge, full
413 "git_status": true, // Show the git status for each entry
414 "include_ignored": null // gitignored files in results: true, false, null
415 },
416```
417
418## Project Panel
419
420Project panel can be shown/hidden with {#action project_panel::ToggleFocus} ({#kb project_panel::ToggleFocus}) or with {#action pane::RevealInProjectPanel} ({#kb pane::RevealInProjectPanel}).
421
422```json
423 // Project Panel Settings
424 "project_panel": {
425 "button": true, // Show/hide button in the status bar
426 "default_width": 240, // Default panel width
427 "dock": "left", // Position of the dock (left, right)
428 "entry_spacing": "comfortable", // Vertical spacing (comfortable, standard)
429 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
430 "folder_icons": true, // Show/hide folder icons
431 "git_status": true, // Indicate new/updated files
432 "indent_size": 20, // Pixels for each successive indent
433 "auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
434 "auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
435 "sticky_scroll": true, // Stick parent directories at top of the project panel.
436 "drag_and_drop": true, // Whether drag and drop is enabled
437 "scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
438 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
439 },
440 "show_diagnostics": "all", //
441 // Settings related to indent guides in the project panel.
442 "indent_guides": {
443 // When to show indent guides in the project panel. (always, never)
444 "show": "always"
445 },
446 // Whether to hide the root entry when only one folder is open in the window.
447 "hide_root": false
448 }.
449```
450
451## Agent Panel
452
453```json
454 "agent": {
455 "version": "2",
456 "enabled": true, // Enable/disable the agent
457 "button": true, // Show/hide the icon in the status bar
458 "dock": "right", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
459 "default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
460 "default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom docked)
461 },
462 "agent_font_size": 16
463```
464
465See [Zed AI Documentation](./ai/overview.md) for additional non-visual AI settings.
466
467## Terminal Panel
468
469```json
470 // Terminal Panel Settings
471 "terminal": {
472 "dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
473 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
474 "default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
475 "default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom docked)
476
477 // Set the cursor blinking behavior in the terminal (on, off, terminal_controlled)
478 "blinking": "terminal_controlled",
479 // Default cursor shape for the terminal cursor (block, bar, underline, hollow)
480 "cursor_shape": "block",
481
482 // Environment variables to add to terminal's process environment
483 "env": {
484 // "KEY": "value"
485 },
486
487 // Terminal scrollbar
488 "scrollbar": {
489 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
490 },
491 // Terminal Font Settings
492 "font_family": "Fira Code",
493 "font_size": 15,
494 "font_weight": 400,
495 // Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
496 "line_height": "comfortable",
497
498 "max_scroll_history_lines": 10000, // Scrollback history (0=disable, max=100000)
499 }
500```
501
502See [Terminal settings](./configuring-zed.md#terminal) for additional non-visual customization options.
503
504### Other Panels
505
506```json
507 // Git Panel
508 "git_panel": {
509 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
510 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
511 "default_width": 360, // Default width of the git panel.
512 "status_style": "icon", // label_color, icon
513 "sort_by_path": false, // Sort by path (false) or status (true)
514 "scrollbar": {
515 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
516 }
517 },
518
519 // Debugger Panel
520 "debugger": {
521 "dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
522 "button": true // Show/hide status bar icon
523 },
524
525 // Outline Panel
526 "outline_panel": {
527 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
528 "default_width": 300, // Default width of the git panel
529 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
530 "file_icons": true, // Show/hide file_icons
531 "folder_icons": true, // Show file_icons (true), chevrons (false) for dirs
532 "git_status": true, // Show git status
533 "indent_size": 20, // Indentation for nested items (pixels)
534 "indent_guides": {
535 "show": "always" // Show indent guides (always, never)
536 },
537 "auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
538 "auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
539 "scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
540 "show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
541 }
542 }
543```
544
545## Collaboration Panels
546
547```json
548{
549 // Collaboration Panel
550 "collaboration_panel": {
551 "button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
552 "dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
553 "default_width": 240 // Default width of the collaboration panel.
554 },
555 "show_call_status_icon": true, // Shown call status in the OS status bar.
556
557 // Notification Panel
558 "notification_panel": {
559 // Whether to show the notification panel button in the status bar.
560 "button": true,
561 // Where to dock the notification panel. Can be 'left' or 'right'.
562 "dock": "right",
563 // Default width of the notification panel.
564 "default_width": 380
565 }
566```