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Mihail Malo • Edited

I also have

"breadcrumbs.enabled": true
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on desktop, since I can afford to lose the height, and it's useful once I've learned to look at it. Even clicking on it is sometimes helpful! (I know, using a mouse? Ridiculous!)

Since I use Pixel Saver GNOME plugin, to gain that height back, I also need to set:

"window.titleBarStyle": "native",
"window.menuBarVisibility": "toggle",
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otherwise the title bar doesn't disappear in maximized windows.
I have never used the menu bar with the mouse anyway, I just use Alt-F to get to File and go from there. I don't like the custom one anyway.

Finally, and this may sound insane to some, I have

"editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
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at all times.
It's useful for multiple spaces in regexes, literal TABs, and other little anomalies such as visible trailing spaces notifying me that I should Ctr-S to format first before copypasting my code to avoid embarrassing myself.