Personalize The Look of Visual Studio – Adding a Background Image to the Code Editor…

I found this Visual Studio extension on github called ClaudiaIDE..
https://github.com/buchizo/ClaudiaIDE

This extension allows you to set a background Image for the code editor window. This really changes the feel of the editor for me after looking at a black background behind my code for years.

I have set my background images with the natural waterfall image below

The extension comes with following available settings

You can set the opacity to make it easier to still see your code. This to me is the most important feature, as a low opacity will allow you to use any image and still be able to see the code you are working on.

Setting Image Stretch is useful for having the image fill the entire editor window for smaller images.

There is even a slide show feature to have images change automatically on a specific interval.

I am thinking of experimenting with this feature to help me keep track of time while coding.

I haven’t gotten a chance to spend much time coding with an image yet, and I am going to experiment with different images to see how they affect my productivity and mood while coding…

Visual Studio Code Extension

Here is an extension to do the same thing in VS Code. Be warned however, this extension appears to modify core installation files, and causes a warning to appear about a corrupt installation.

You can read more about this warning in the documentation. The extension does appear to be working in version 1.45.1

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=shalldie.background