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Codex Issues / #4909

vscode: 'Finished working' text is not distinguishable from model messages

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 8, 2025 by luisrudge Closed Oct 8, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gpeal, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

small ux issue

<img width="581" height="91" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/18406302-1de0-408c-b158-7defddaf0f47" />

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2 Comments

gpeal contributor · 10 months ago

This is actually an issue with your theme. VS Code uses CSS variables for themeing. We use descriptionForeground for Finished working and editor.foreground for the assistant message. If your vs code theme assigns both to the same color then they will look the same

Here it is in Dark Modern as an example.
<img width="286" height="124" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9f562b77-4449-4aa4-a958-460d97cd51eb" />

luisrudge · 10 months ago

yeah changing themes I can see some very small distinction between both. IMO, it should be more distinct and clear that I can click on it and see all tool calls, files changed etc

<img width="345" height="112" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd0c9af3-b1cf-4d83-9756-af94653743d4" />

Thanks anyway!