To install this plugin simply access the the extensions menu (Ctrl + Shift + X) and search for GlassIt: GlassIt for VSC it's surely the best plugin to achieve what you want, a totally transparent code editor to continue watching your awesome desktop background image ! This plugin allows you to change the window transparency by key pressing, however it only works for Windows 7 and later versions.

There are currently 2 extensions for VSCode to achieve this behaviour and we'll show you how to install and use them in this article: A. Visual Studio Code is therefore not the exception (at least not in Windows), because you can change the opacity of the Window through a plugin. Whatever the reason is, a couple of code editors allow you to setup a transparent background color like sublime. This is made only for personal taste, others do it because 'they want to see the background window'.

There are other even crazier that like to use a semi transparent code editor, where they can appreciate which window is behind the editor. Many developers like the dark background on their favorite code editor, other the light one, to each their own.

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