Islands Theme for VS Code

Beautiful Dark and Light themes ported from JetBrains IDEs (RustRover, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.) to Visual Studio Code.

✨ Features

• 🎨 Two Themes: Islands Dark and Islands Light
• 📝 Rich Syntax Highlighting: 45+ carefully crafted token rules
• 🎯 Complete UI Coverage: 300+ UI color configurations
• 🔧 Multi-Language Support: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, Java, and more
• ✨ Consistent Colors: Faithful port from JetBrains IDEs
• 🌈 Modern Design: Optimized for long coding sessions

📸 Screenshots

Islands Dark

A sophisticated dark theme with carefully balanced colors for reduced eye strain.

Islands Light

A clean and bright theme perfect for daytime coding.

🚀 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace (Recommended)

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
3. Search for "Islands Theme"
4. Click Install

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest .vsix file from Releases
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions
4. Click "..." menu → Install from VSIX
5. Select the downloaded file

From Source

git clone https://github.com/gu-xiaohui/islands-theme.git
cd islands-theme
npm install
npm run package
code --install-extension islands-theme-1.0.0.vsix

🎨 Activation

1. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
2. Type "Color Theme"
3. Select either:
   • Islands Dark - for dark mode lovers
   • Islands Light - for bright environments

Or use keyboard shortcuts:

• Mac: Cmd+K Cmd+T
• Windows/Linux: Ctrl+K Ctrl+T

🎨 Color Palette

Islands Dark

• Background: #191a1c - Deep, comfortable dark
• Foreground: #bcbec4 - Soft gray-white
• Keywords: #cf8e6d - Warm orange
• Strings: #6aab73 - Fresh green
• Numbers: #2aacb8 - Cyan
• Functions: #56a8f5 - Bright blue
• Comments: #7a7e85 - Muted gray

Islands Light

• Background: #ffffff - Pure white
• Foreground: #000000 - Rich black
• Keywords: #0033b3 - Deep blue
• Strings: #067d17 - Forest green
• Numbers: #1750eb - Vivid blue
• Functions: #00627a - Teal
• Comments: #8c8c8c - Medium gray

🌟 What's Included

UI Elements

• Editor (background, selection, cursor, line highlight)
• Sidebar, Activity Bar, Status Bar
• Tabs, Panels, Terminal
• Input fields, Buttons, Dropdowns
• Lists, Menus, Quick Picker
• Git decorations, Diff editor
• Debug toolbar, Peek view
• And 300+ more UI elements!

Syntax Highlighting

• Comments (regular & documentation)
• Strings & escape sequences
• Numbers, Booleans, Null/Undefined
• Keywords & Operators
• Functions, Methods, Classes
• Variables, Constants, Properties
• Type parameters & Interfaces
• Decorators & Annotations
• Language-specific tokens for:
  • HTML/CSS
  • JavaScript/TypeScript/JSX
  • Python
  • Rust
  • Markdown
  • JSON/YAML
  • Regular expressions
  • And many more!

🛠️ Supported Languages

JavaScript • TypeScript • Python • Rust • Go • Java • C/C++ • C# • PHP • Ruby • Swift • Kotlin • Scala • HTML • CSS • SCSS • Less • JSON • YAML • TOML • Markdown • XML • SQL • Shell • Dockerfile • and more...

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest new features
• Submit pull requests
• Improve documentation

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

🙏 Credits

Originally based on the Islands Dark and Islands Light themes from JetBrains IDEs (RustRover, IntelliJ IDEA).

📮 Feedback

If you enjoy this theme, please:

• ⭐ Star the GitHub repository
• ✍️ Leave a review on the VS Code Marketplace
• 🐛 Report issues on GitHub Issues

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Enjoy coding with Islands Theme! 🎨✨