Reputation: 7660

How to add more indentation in the Visual Studio code explorer file tree structure?

How to add more indentation in a file tree structure? It has a little bit indentation I want to increase more just like NetBeans.

check the image

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Upvotes: 671

Answers (6)

Addison

Reputation: 8357

If you just want to change the indentation you can set these options:
Press CtrlShiftP -> Go to Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)

"workbench.tree.indent": 18,

You can add guidelines as well with:

"workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "always",

You can also change their color using:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "tree.indentGuidesStroke": "#008070"
},

Upvotes: 109

Akshay Kumar

Reputation: 7660

{  
  "workbench.tree.indent": 20,  // just paste this line of code in setting.json file
  "editor.mouseWheelZoom": true // for zoom in & out font size with Ctrl+ mouse scroll
}

Upvotes: 37

Mark

Reputation: 181050

Go to File > Preference > Settings and choose:

Workbench › Tree: Indent

Controls tree indentation in pixels.

or (in your settings.json enter this directly)

"workbench.tree.indent": 10

and choose a high enough number for you.

Also see my answer at Visual Studio code sidebar Vertical guideline (customize sidebar) where with v1.36 you can add colorized tree indent guides to make the explorer file structure more obvious.

The example picture uses: "tree.indentGuidesStroke": "#00ff00" in the colorCustomizations, so the guidelines will appear green.

// in settings.json
{                                         
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "tree.indentGuidesStroke": "#00ff00"
}

In a small change coming to v1.64 note that the minimum tree indent will be raised to 4 from 0 previously. So you will not be able to go less than 4.

Upvotes: 1055