"Windows: Auto Detect Color Scheme" doesn't work with setting sync

[Serock3]

Type: Bug

If I switch between two PCs with different color schemes, then the color scheme in vs code will not change to match the OS of the new PC, but be stuck in the mode of the previous one.

Toggling the "Windows: Auto Detect Color Scheme" will cause the scheme to reset to the correct mode.

Suggested solution: Check the OS color scheme on launch when "Windows: Auto Detect Color Scheme" is enabled.

VS Code version: Code 1.75.0 (e2816fe719a4026ffa1ee0189dc89bdfdbafb164, 2023-02-01T15:23:45.584Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044 Modes: Sandboxed: No Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz (8 x 2419)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.69GB (5.37GB free)
Process Argv	--remote=wsl+Ubuntu --crash-reporter-id 2e666b31-8660-4ae2-a0ea-cee97ad0edfa
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz (8 x 2419)
Memory (System)	12.23GB (11.08GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (26)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
better-comments	aar	3.0.2
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.0.0
remote-wsl	ms-	0.75.1
errorlens	use	3.7.0
vscode-markdownlint	Dav	0.49.0
gc-excelviewer	Gra	4.2.56
git-graph	mhu	1.30.0
vscode-dotnet-runtime	ms-	1.6.0
isort	ms-	2022.8.0
python	ms-	2023.2.0
vscode-pylance	ms-	2023.2.10
jupyter	ms-	2023.1.2010391206
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.0.0
jupyter-renderers	ms-	1.0.14
vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	ms-	0.1.6
vscode-jupyter-slideshow	ms-	0.1.5
cpptools	ms-	1.13.9
vsliveshare	ms-	1.0.5828
autodocstring	njp	0.6.1
rust-analyzer	rus	0.3.1394
crates	ser	0.5.10
code-spell-checker	str	2.16.0
even-better-toml	tam	0.19.0
vscode-lldb	vad	1.8.1
vscode-capnp	xmo	1.0.0
vscode-proto3	zxh	0.5.5

(2 theme extensions excluded)

[hamirmahal]

I have the same issue. I'm on Windows 10 and I use https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode.

[hamirmahal]

I ran into this issue again today. Here's a screen recording. I'm using Ubuntu via WSL2 on Windows 10. As far as I'm aware, I just have 1 VSCode profile, although I am synchronizing VSCode settings between multiple devices.

Version: 1.81.1 (user setup)
Commit: 6c3e3dba23e8fadc360aed75ce363ba185c49794
Date: 2023-08-09T22:22:42.175Z
Electron: 22.3.18
ElectronBuildId: 22689846
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

@aeschli let me know if there's any debugging commands I can run that would make troubleshooting easier.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/assets/43425812/4098b866-e775-492d-8149-3b74ecaca535

[windwhim]

I ran into this issue again today. Here's a screen recording. I'm using Ubuntu via WSL2 on Windows 10. As far as I'm aware, I just have 1 VSCode profile, although I am synchronizing VSCode settings between multiple devices.

Version: 1.81.1 (user setup)
Commit: 6c3e3dba23e8fadc360aed75ce363ba185c49794
Date: 2023-08-09T22:22:42.175Z
Electron: 22.3.18
ElectronBuildId: 22689846
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

@aeschli let me know if there's any debugging commands I can run that would make troubleshooting easier.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/assets/43425812/4098b866-e775-492d-8149-3b74ecaca535

The bug that happened to me was a little different than yours. As far as I know, VS Code achieves the effect of changing the theme by changing the workbench.colorTheme setting in the settings.json, and switching the light/dark theme of Windows only changes the workbench.colorTheme of the currently used profiles, so when I then switch to other, the theme display error occurs.

[mboiman]

I have it too on mac

[quedicesebas]

Not working setting "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true, VSCode doesn't switch the theme based on OS color theme.