[theming] customize file icons in settings

• VSCode Version: all
• OS Version: all

Can’t there be a quick way to customize file extension icon instead of having to create a whole extension for a custom theme as explained here https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10804?

It’s really daunting to have to learn the whole system of extension just for this tiny need.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

[ksmithut]

I’ll put my use case here. I really like the seti-ui file icon theme, but I want folders to have just the plain folder icon. Right now they have no icon. I most definitely don’t want to get into the business of maintaining an extension just for file-icon theme because I don’t want to spend the time and resources required to stay up to date with the upstream theme and vscode api changes. I am willing to see my personal settings break because the workaround is remove my custom settings. I am not willing to have to go through the process of publishing a new version then downloading the new version of the plugin just to add folder icons to a theme that does not have folder icons.

[RobPurcellUK]

This would help for an internal system we have which uses YAML files with specified names. We would like to be able to set the icon to use for the .thing.yml files we use (like the fileNames part of an iconTheme vscode extension, not just by file type).