Visual Customization
Various aspects of Zed's visual layout can be configured via Zed settings.json which you can access via zed: open settings (cmd-,|ctrl-,).
See Configuring Zed for additional information and other non-visual settings.
Themes
Use may install zed extensions providing Themes and Icon Themes via zed: extensions from the command palette or menu.
You can preview/choose amongsts your installed themes and icon themes with theme selector: toggle (cmd-k cmd-t|ctrl-k ctrl-t) and (icon theme selector: toggle) which will modify the following settings:
{
"theme": "One Dark",
"icon_theme": "Zed (Default)"
}
If you would like to use distinct themes for light mode/dark mode that can be set with:
{
"theme": {
"dark": "One Dark"
"light": "One Light",
// Mode to use (dark, light) or "system" to follow the OS's light/dark mode (default)
"mode": "system",
},
"icon_theme": {
"dark": "Zed (Default)"
"light": "Zed (Default)",
// Mode to use (dark, light) or "system" to follow the OS's light/dark mode (default)
"mode": "system",
}
}
Fonts
// UI Font. Use ".SystemUIFont" to use the default system font (SF Pro on macOS)
"ui_font_family": "Zed Plex Sans",
"ui_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in standard CSS units from 100 to 900.
"ui_font_size": 16,
// Buffer Font - Used by editor buffers
"buffer_font_family": "Zed Plex Mono", // Font name for editor buffers
"buffer_font_size": 15, // Font size for editor buffers
"buffer_font_weight": 400, // Font weight in CSS units [100-900]
// Line height "comfortable" (1.618), "standard" (1.3) or custom: `{ "custom": 2 }`
"buffer_line_height": "comfortable",
// Terminal Font Settings
"terminal": {
"font_family": "Zed Plex Mono",
"font_size": 15,
// Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
"line_height": "comfortable",
},
// Agent Panel Font Settings
"agent_font_size": 15
Font ligatures
By default Zed enable font ligatures which will visually combines certain adjacent characters.
For example => will be displayed as → and != will be ≠. This is purely cosmetic and the individual characters remain unchanged.
To disable this behavior use:
{
"buffer_font_features": {
"calt": false // Disable ligatures
}
}
Status Bar
{
// Whether to show full labels in line indicator or short ones
// - `short`: "2 s, 15 l, 32 c"
// - `long`: "2 selections, 15 lines, 32 characters"
"line_indicator_format": "long"
// Individual status bar icons can be hidden:
// "project_panel": {"button": false },
// "outline_panel": {"button": false },
// "collaboration_panel": {"button": false },
// "chat_panel": {"button": "never" },
// "git_panel": {"button": false },
// "notification_panel": {"button": false },
// "agent": {"button": false },
// "debugger": {"button": false },
// "diagnostics": {"button": false },
// "search": {"button": false },
}
Titlebar
// Control which items are shown/hidden in the title bar
"title_bar": {
"show_branch_icon": false, // Show/hide branch icon beside branch switcher
"show_branch_name": true, // Show/hide branch name
"show_project_items": true, // Show/hide project host and name
"show_onboarding_banner": true, // Show/hide onboarding banners
"show_user_picture": true, // Show/hide user avatar
"show_sign_in": true // Show/hide sign-in button
},
Workspace
{
// Whether to use the system provided dialogs for Open and Save As (true) or
// Zed's built-in keyboard-first pickers (false)
"use_system_path_prompts": true,
// Active pane styling settings.
"active_pane_modifiers": {
// Inset border size of the active pane, in pixels.
"border_size": 0.0,
// Opacity of the inactive panes. 0 means transparent, 1 means opaque.
"inactive_opacity": 1.0
},
// Layout mode of the bottom dock: contained, full, left_aligned, right_aligned
"bottom_dock_layout": "contained",
// Whether to resize all the panels in a dock when resizing the dock.
// Can be a combination of "left", "right" and "bottom".
"resize_all_panels_in_dock": ["left"]
}
Editor
// Whether the cursor blinks in the editor.
"cursor_blink": true,
// Cursor shape for the default editor: bar, block, underline, hollow
"cursor_shape": null,
// Highlight the current line in the editor: none, gutter, line, all
"current_line_highlight": "all",
// When does the mouse cursor hide: never, on_typing, on_typing_and_movement
"hide_mouse": "on_typing_and_movement",
// Whether to highlight all occurrences of the selected text in an editor.
"selection_highlight": true,
// Visually show tabs and spaces (none, all, selection, boundary, trailing)
"show_whitespaces": "selection",
"unnecessary_code_fade": 0.3, // How much to fade out unused code.
// Hide the values of in variables from visual display in private files
"redact_private_values": false,
// Soft-wrap and rulers
"soft_wrap": "none", // none, editor_width, preferred_line_length, bounded
"preferred_line_length": 80, // Column to soft-wrap
"show_wrap_guides": true, // Show/hide wrap guides (vertical rulers)
"wrap_guides": [], // Where to position wrap_guides (character counts)
// Gutter Settings
"gutter": {
"line_numbers": true, // Show/hide line numbers in the gutter.
"runnables": true, // Show/hide runnables buttons in the gutter.
"breakpoints": true, // Show/hide show breakpoints in the gutter.
"folds": true, // Show/hide show fold buttons in the gutter.
"min_line_number_digits": 4 // Reserve space for N digit line numbers
},
"relative_line_numbers": false, // Show relative line numbers in gutter
// Indent guides
"indent_guides": {
"enabled": true,
"line_width": 1, // Width of guides in pixels [1-10]
"active_line_width": 1, // Width of active guide in pixels [1-10]
"coloring": "fixed", // disabled, fixed, indent_aware
"background_coloring": "disabled" // disabled, indent_aware
}
Git Blame
"git": {
"inline_blame": {
"enabled": true, // Show/hide inline blame
"delay": 0, // Show after delay (ms)
"min_column": 0, // Minimum column to inline display blame
"show_commit_summary": false // Show/hide commit summary
},
"hunk_style": "staged_hollow" // staged_hollow, unstaged_hollow
}
Editor Toolbar
// Editor toolbar related settings
"toolbar": {
"breadcrumbs": true, // Whether to show breadcrumbs.
"quick_actions": true, // Whether to show quick action buttons.
"selections_menu": true, // Whether to show the Selections menu
"agent_review": true, // Whether to show agent review buttons
"code_actions": false // Whether to show code action buttons
}
Editor Scrollbar and Minimap
// Scrollbar related settings
"scrollbar": {
// When to show the scrollbar in the editor (auto, system, always, never)
"show": "auto",
"cursors": true, // Show cursor positions in the scrollbar.
"git_diff": true, // Show git diff indicators in the scrollbar.
"search_results": true, // Show buffer search results in the scrollbar.
"selected_text": true, // Show selected text occurrences in the scrollbar.
"selected_symbol": true, // Show selected symbol occurrences in the scrollbar.
"diagnostics": "all", // Show diagnostics (none, error, warning, information, all)
"axes": {
"horizontal": true, // Show/hide the horizontal scrollbar
"vertical": true // Show/hide the vertical scrollbar
}
},
// Minimap related settings
"minimap": {
"show": "never", // When to show (auto, always, never)
"display_in": "active_editor", // Where to show (active_editor, all_editor)
"thumb": "always", // When to show thumb (always, hover)
"thumb_border": "left_open", // Thumb border (left_open, right_open, full, none)
"max_width_columns": 80 // Maximum width of minimap
"current_line_highlight": null // Highlight current line (null, line, gutter)
},
// Control Editor scroll beyond the last line: off, one_page, vertical_scroll_margin
"scroll_beyond_last_line": "one_page",
// Lines to keep above/below the cursor when scrolling with the keyboard
"vertical_scroll_margin": 3,
// The number of characters to keep on either side when scrolling with the mouse
"horizontal_scroll_margin": 5,
// Scroll sensitivity multiplier
"scroll_sensitivity": 1.0,
// Scroll sensitivity multiplier for fast scrolling (hold alt while scrolling)
"fast_scroll_sensitivity": 4.0,
Editor Tabs
// Maximum number of tabs per pane. Unset for unlimited.
"max_tabs": null,
// Customize the tab bar appearance
"tab_bar": {
"show": true, // Show/hide the tab bar
"show_nav_history_buttons": true, // Show/hide history buttons on tab bar
"show_tab_bar_buttons": true // Show hide buttons (new, split, zoom)
},
"tabs": {
"git_status": false, // Color to show git status
"close_position": "right", // Close button position (left, right, hidden)
"show_close_button": "hover", // Close button shown (hover, always, hidden)
"file_icons": false, // Icon showing file type
// Show diagnostics in file icon (off, errors, all). Requires file_icons=true
"show_diagnostics": "off"
}
Multibuffer
{
// The default number of lines to expand excerpts in the multibuffer by.
"expand_excerpt_lines": 5
}
Editor Completions, Snippets, Actions, Diagnostics
"snippet_sort_order": "inline", // Snippets completions: top, inline, bottom
"show_completions_on_input": true, // Show completions while typing
"show_completion_documentation": true, // Show documentation in completions
"auto_signature_help": false, // Show method signatures inside parentheses
// Whether to show the signature help after completion or a bracket pair inserted.
// If `auto_signature_help` is enabled, this setting will be treated as enabled also.
"show_signature_help_after_edits": false,
// Whether to show code action button at start of buffer line.
"inline_code_actions": true,
// Which level to use to filter out diagnostics displayed in the editor:
"diagnostics_max_severity": null, // off, error, warning, info, hint, null (all)
// How to render LSP `textDocument/documentColor` colors in the editor.
"lsp_document_colors": "inlay", // none, inlay, border, background
Edit Predictions
"edit_predictions": {
"mode": "eager", // Automatically show (eager) or hold-alt (subtle)
"enabled_in_text_threads": true // Show/hide predictions in agent text threads
},
"show_edit_predictions": true // Show/hide predictions in editor
Editor Inlay Hints
{
"inlay_hints": {
"enabled": false,
// Toggle certain types of hints on and off, all switched on by default.
"show_type_hints": true,
"show_parameter_hints": true,
"show_other_hints": true,
// Whether to show a background for inlay hints (theme `hint.background`)
"show_background": false, //
// Time to wait after editing before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
"edit_debounce_ms": 700,
// Time to wait after scrolling before requesting hints (0 to disable debounce)
"scroll_debounce_ms": 50,
// A set of modifiers which, when pressed, will toggle the visibility of inlay hints.
"toggle_on_modifiers_press": {
"control": false,
"shift": false,
"alt": false,
"platform": false,
"function": false
}
}
}
File Finder
// File Finder Settings
"file_finder": {
"file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
"modal_max_width": "small", // Horizontal size: small, medium, large, xlarge, full
"git_status": true, // Show the git status for each entry
"include_ignored": null // gitignored files in results: true, false, null
},
Project Panel
Project panel can be shown/hidden with project panel: toggle focus (cmd-shift-e|ctrl-shift-e) or with pane: reveal in project panel (cmd-shift-e|ctrl-shift-e).
// Project Panel Settings
"project_panel": {
"button": true, // Show/hide button in the status bar
"default_width": 240, // Default panel width
"dock": "left", // Position of the dock (left, right)
"entry_spacing": "comfortable", // Vertical spacing (comfortable, standard)
"file_icons": true, // Show/hide file icons
"folder_icons": true, // Show/hide folder icons
"git_status": true, // Indicate new/updated files
"indent_size": 20, // Pixels for each successive indent
"auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
"auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
"scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
"show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
},
"show_diagnostics": "all", //
// Settings related to indent guides in the project panel.
"indent_guides": {
// When to show indent guides in the project panel. (always, never)
"show": "always"
},
// Whether to hide the root entry when only one folder is open in the window.
"hide_root": false
}.
Agent Panel
"agent": {
"version": "2",
"enabled": true, // Enable/disable the agent
"button": true, // Show/hide the icon in the status bar
"dock": "right", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
"default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
"default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom dockeed)
},
"agent_font_size": 16
See Zed AI Documentation for additional non-visual AI settings.
Terminal Panel
// Terminal Panel Settings
"terminal": {
"dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
"button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
"default_width": 640, // Default width (left/right docked)
"default_height": 320, // Default height (bottom dockeed)
// Set the cursor blinking behavior in the terminal (on, off, terminal_controlled)
"blinking": "terminal_controlled",
// Default cursor shape for the terminal (block, bar, underline, hollow)
"cursor_shape": "block",
// Environment variables to add to terminal's process environment
"env": {
// "KEY": "value"
},
// Terminal scrollbar
"scrollbar": {
"show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
},
// Terminal Font Settings
"font_family": "Zed Plex Mono",
"font_size": 15,
"font_weight": 400,
// Terminal line height: comfortable (1.618), standard(1.3) or `{ "custom": 2 }`
"line_height": "comfortable",
"max_scroll_history_lines": 10000, // Scrollback history (0=disable, max=100000)
}
See Terminal settings for additional non-visual customization options.
Other Panels
// Git Panel
"git_panel": {
"button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
"dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
"default_width": 360, // Default width of the git panel.
"status_style": "icon", // label_color, icon
"sort_by_path": false, // Sort by path (false) or status (true)
"scrollbar": {
"show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
}
},
// Debugger Panel
"debugger": {
"dock": "bottom", // Where to dock: left, right, bottom
"button": true // Show/hide status bar icon
},
// Outline Panel
"outline_panel": {
"button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
"default_width": 300, // Default width of the git panel
"dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
"file_icons": true, // Show/hide file_icons
"folder_icons": true, // Show file_icons (true), chevrons (false) for dirs
"git_status": true, // Show git status
"indent_size": 20, // Indentation for nested items (pixels)
"indent_guides": {
"show": "always" // Show indent guides (always, never)
},
"auto_reveal_entries": true, // Show file in panel when activating its buffer
"auto_fold_dirs": true, // Fold dirs with single subdir
"scrollbar": { // Project panel scrollbar settings
"show": null // Show/hide: (auto, system, always, never)
}
}
Collaboration Panels
{
// Collaboration Panel
"collaboration_panel": {
"button": true, // Show/hide status bar icon
"dock": "left", // Where to dock: left, right
"default_width": 240 // Default width of the collaboration panel.
},
"show_call_status_icon": true, // Shown call status in the OS status bar.
// Chat Panel
"chat_panel": {
"button": "when_in_call", // status bar icon (true, false, when_in_call)
"dock": "right", // Where to dock: left, right
"default_width": 240 // Default width of the chat panel
},
// Notification Panel
"notification_panel": {
// Whether to show the notification panel button in the status bar.
"button": true,
// Where to dock the notification panel. Can be 'left' or 'right'.
"dock": "right",
// Default width of the notification panel.
"default_width": 380
}