VS Code user declares editor 'infected with border radius,' threatens to switch editors
Bug: Border radius has infected VSCode editor
A GitHub issue filed against VS Code 1.139.0 claims rounded corners have spread to the text editor, file explorer, terminal, and Copilot chat, making work impossible. The reporter says the issue persists in 1.139.1 and calls the curves 'gruesome.' A contributor marks it a duplicate of issue #334285, and the bot closes it as such.
The VSCode editor has been infected with border radius. The text editor, the file explorer, terminal and copilot chat all have a horrendous case of border radius.
- myfonj
Rounded corners and pill-shaped buttons really infest UI everywhere, and I never understood what kind of ergonomics they are supposed to improve.
And fighting them is increasingly difficult, but at least somewhat possible:
- VSC luckily still supports
workbench.experimental.modernUI
we can turn off; and if they will be marginally clever, it will remain there indefinitely.
On the web, we can use userstyles sharpening most dulled corners [1]. And if you happen to have seen upcoming Firefox skin, it is also pill addict's fewer dream. We can use userChrome.css, but web components are making it very cumbersome and fragile, basically constantly adding new custom properties, being glad they are really used [2]. But I digress. I really look forward for this pill mania to wear off, like wet floors, glitters, and similar fads.
[1] https://userstyles.world/style/8283/
[2] https://gist.github.com/myfonj/f5415dd0580663a82ea18407ef2ee...
- misnome
Lots of unnecessary whitespace, tabs changing colour to be confusing about which is selected…
They hired a new design lead who wants to make their mark, didn't they.
- nxc18
Who else remembers when devs were complaining about flat design and the loss of corner radii, borders, and gradients? Everything old is new again.
P.S. Code is super late to the game on this UI trend. See Slack redesign circa 2023 https://slack.com/blog/productivity/a-redesigned-slack-built...
P.P.S. I can’t believe I forgot jetbrains did it first.
- msephton
I came for screenshots and there are none, nor are there in the linked issue this is marked a duplicate of.
- antfarm
Round Rects Are Everywhere! (Andy Hertzfeld, 1981)