VSCode - tab icon color reflect git status

Question

I really like that VSCode colors the file name in the sidebar depending on the git status (green for new, yellowish for modified). What I don't like is the file names for the tabs don't also reflect that. Is there a way to make the tabs use the same colors as the sidebar? Additionally, are the colors configurable for the different git states?

Answer 1

Dec 2020: This is not likely, because there are a lot of issues/plugins already around tabs colors for VSCode (like issues/31308 )

That means any text color you might want would likely clash (be less readable) with the foreground/background tab colors imposed by a setting or a plugin (like ColorTabs ).

That is why custom text colors are better represented in the sidebar rather than the tabs themselves.

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Update VSCode 1.53 Jan. 2021: as described with Mark 's answer , this is implemented in term of tab decoration:

Tab decorations

Two new settings allow you to configure whether editor tabs show decorations, such as git status or diagnostics.

• Use workbench.editor.decorations.colors to decorate tabs with colors, like red/green for files with errors and warnings, and
• use workbench.editor.decorations.badges to decorate tabs with badges, like M for git modified.