VScode settings for a minimal UI

settings.json

{
  // Disable telemetry
  "telemetry.telemetryLevel": "off",
  // Zen mode
  "zenMode.fullScreen": false,
  "zenMode.hideTabs": true,
  "zenMode.centerLayout": false,
  // Theming
  "workbench.iconTheme": "city-lights-icons-vsc",
  "editor.fontFamily": "Dank Mono",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Dank Mono",
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Palenight Operator",
  "workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Tomorrow Operator Mono",
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Palenight Operator",
  "editor.codeLensFontSize": 13,
  "editor.fontSize": 15,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.75,
  "editor.suggestFontSize": 15,
  "editor.suggestLineHeight": 28,
  "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 12,
  "terminal.integrated.lineHeight": 1,
  "debug.console.fontSize": 10,
  // More minimal UI
  "window.zoomLevel": 1,
  "workbench.activityBar.location": "hidden",
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  "editor.glyphMargin": false,
  "editor.folding": false,
  "editor.lineNumbers": "off",
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
  "workbench.editor.showTabs": "multiple",
  "workbench.editor.pinnedTabSizing": "compact",
  "workbench.editor.tabSizing": "shrink",
  "workbench.welcomePage.walkthroughs.openOnInstall": false,
  "breadcrumbs.enabled": false,
  "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
  "editor.lightbulb.enabled": "off",
  "editor.overviewRulerBorder": false,
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "line",
  "editor.renderControlCharacters": false,
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleReferences": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleDefinitions": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleDeclarations": "goto",
  "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false,
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleImplementations": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleTypeDefinitions": "goto",
  "volar.icon.splitEditors": false,
  // Theme-specific UI
  "diffEditor.renderSideBySide": false,
  "editor.copyWithSyntaxHighlighting": false,
  "editor.snippetSuggestions": "bottom",
  "editor.tabSize": 2,
  "editor.detectIndentation": true,
  "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd",
  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
  "window.nativeFullScreen": true,
  "window.newWindowDimensions": "inherit",
  "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
  "workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs": true,
  "workbench.editor.tabCloseButton": "off",
  // Search
  "search.smartCase": true,
  "search.useIgnoreFiles": false,
  "search.exclude": {
    "**/vendor/*": true,
    "**/public/*": true,
    "**/node_modules": true,
    "**/dist": true,
    "**/package-lock.json": true,
    "**/yarn.lock": true,
  },
  // Code
  // Include "-" in word selection.
  "editor.wordSeparators": "`~!@#%^&*()=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?",
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.wordWrap": "on",
  "editor.tabCompletion": "on",
  "explorer.openEditors.visible": 1,
  // Files to display
  "files.enableTrash": false,
  "files.exclude": {
    ".cache-loader/": true,
    ".gitattributes": true,
    ".gitkeep": true,
    ".travis.yml": true,
    ".vercel": true,
    ".vscode/": true,
    "coverage": true,
    "acf-json": true,
    "backend/vendor": true,
    "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md": true,
    "config": false,
    "LICENSE.md": true,
    "package-lock.json": true,
    "phpcs.xml": true,
    // For more minimal option
    ".editorconfig": true,
    "prettier.config.js": true,
    "**/README.md": true,
    "yarn.lock": true,
    "node_modules/": true,
    ".gitignore": true,
    ".output/node_modules/": false,
    // And even more ultra minimal
    ".nuxt": true,
    ".output": true,
    "package.json": true,
    "tsconfig.json": true,
  },
  "window.title": "",
  // "git.decorations.enabled": false,
  // "scm.diffDecorationsGutterVisibility": "hover",
  // "scm.diffDecorations": "none",
  "files.watcherExclude": {
    "**/.output/**": true,
    "**/.yarn/**": true,
    "**/node_modules/**": true,
    "backend/vendor/**": true
  },
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
  "editor.linkedEditing": true,
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
  // Suggestions
  "editor.inlineSuggest.enabled": true,
  "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "smart",
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "strings": true
  },
  "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
  "editor.suggest.showWords": false,
  "emmet.showAbbreviationSuggestions": false,
  "javascript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative",
  "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative",
  "typescript.suggest.completeFunctionCalls": true,
  "editor.guides.indentation": false,
  "editor.unicodeHighlight.ambiguousCharacters": false,
  "editor.unicodeHighlight.invisibleCharacters": false,
}

Thanks for sharing. I like the minimal look.

This is now invalid

 "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": true

and should be changed to:

 "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on"

@danielroe thank you for sharing this

There is a warning with the "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0, setting

There is a warning with the "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0, setting

Use "explorer.openEditors.visible": 1 instead.

Some settings are now invalid and should be changed
"workbench.activityBar.visible": false -> "workbench.activityBar.location": "hidden"
"workbench.editor.showTabs": true -> "workbench.editor.showTabs": "multiple"
"editor.lightbulb.enabled": false -> "editor.lightbulb.enabled": "off"
"explorer.openEditors.visible": 0 -> "explorer.openEditors.visible": 1