Update VSCode journal entry with configuration details and UI improvements

- Expand notes on VSCode and PyCharm workflow
- Add details about VSCode extensions and theme customization
- Improve formatting and collapse some sections for better readability
- Update notes on font and sidebar settings

Author: codekiln

journals/2025_03_08.md

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 ## [[VSCode]]
 	- #Filed
+		- *Over the past couple days I have been keeping both VSCode and [[PyCharm]] open, simply because PyCharm enables me to work faster when it comes to running tests, going to a class ([[VSCode/How To/Go To Python Class by Name]]), copying python dotted paths (see also [[VSCode/How To/Copy the Python Dotted Class Path]]), and just seeing what files are in the [[VSCode/View/Files Explorer]]. I'm not satisfied with the UI and UX of VSCode. Ended up putting a bit of time into customizing it to try to improve its visibility.*
 		- ### [[VSCode/Q/How do I increase the readability of file explorer in the sidebar]]
-			- [[VSCode/Q/Is there any way to toggle the visibility of gitignored items in the sidebar]]
+			- #### [[VSCode/Q/Is there any way to toggle the visibility of gitignored items in the sidebar]]
 				- **This works** [[VSCode/Extension/Toggle Exclude Git Ignore]]
 					- [[VSCode/Command/Explorer/Toggle Git Ignore]]
 			- Extensions
 				- [[VSCode/Extension/indent-rainbow]] didn't install, but okay idea. for main editor.
-				- [[VSCode/Extension/Material Icon Theme]]
+				- [[VSCode/Extension/Material Icon Theme]] does help
 			- Settings
 				- {{embed ((67cc128c-6383-46c7-ba0a-6d512e32fde5))}}
 				- [[VSCode/Setting/Workbench/Tree: Render Indent Guides]] changed to `always`
 		- Other Settings
+		  collapsed:: true
 			- [[VSCode/Setting/Editor/Font/Size]] increased it to 14
 			- [[VSCode/Setting/Editor/Font/Family]]
 				- changed to `'Robotization Mono', 'Noto Sans Mono', 'IBM Plex Mono', 'Kawkab Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', Cousine, 'ST1X Two Math For Robot0 Mono', 'Symbola For Robot0 Mono', 'Source Han Sans', Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace`
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
 			- [[VSCode/Setting/Workbench/Color Theme/Light]]
 				- I set this to [[VSCode/Theme/Laravel PyCharm Theme by kiwi0fruit]]
 		- [[VSCode/Theme/vscodethemes.com]] useful for finding different themes
+		  collapsed:: true
 			- *I do wish there was a way to sort by average contrast ratio or accessibility compliance level*
 			- [[VSCode Light Themes]]
 				- [[VSCode/Theme/Laravel PyCharm Theme by kiwi0fruit]]
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@
 				- [exastone/exa-theme: exa-theme • theme pack for vscode](https://github.com/exastone/exa-theme)
 					- I like the darker themes, but the light one is so blue
 		- #TIL [[VSCode/Quirk/Customized Keyboard Shortcuts Remain After Uninstalling Extensions]]
+		  collapsed:: true
 			- I created custom shortcuts to show and hide `.gitignore`'d files here ((67cc2a32-036d-499f-bcdb-1b4aa3036e04)) - then I uninstalled it. The keyboard shortcuts remained. This was astonishing to me, but I suppose it might make sense; if I re-installed it, the keyboard shortcuts would remain.
 	- ### [[Typography]]
-		- Installed [[Font/Robotization Mono]]
+		- [[Font/Robotization Mono]]