Why does the extension change my theme and settings and does not revert everything after uninstall

[akomm]

I've installed ArkDark. My theme suddenly changed. I was not asked. I've checked if there is an option to turn it of, but there was nowhere one to find. When I've uninstalled the extension, I still had settings changed, like for example inline-error. Still can't find where to disable it.

IMO this is quite an aggressive and entitled behavior for an addon. Why do you not provide the option? In description it says "syntax highlighting". It doesn't say we are going to forcefully override your theme and preferences the moment you install it.

[akomm]

For those that are surprised by this. You could switch to your previous theme altering this setting (>user json):

{"workbench.colorTheme": "ArkDark"}

The inline error, if you had it off before is "errorLense.enabled".

[akomm]

Those that want to use the theme, but without the unreadable error colors, you can change "default" to whatever you want:

"workbench.colorTheme": "ArkDark",
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
  // inline errors
  "errorLens.errorBackground": "default",
  "errorLens.errorForeground": "default",
  // tabs & explorer
  "list.errorForeground": "default",
  // error squiggles
  "editorError.foreground": "default",
  // everything else not configured explicitly
  "errorForeground": "default"
},

[ssalbdivad]

It seems like VSCode's default behavior when you install an extension containing a theme is to enable it, which I agree is a bit on the intrusive side.

There is nothing in ArkDark facilitating this behavior.