Make the code folding icons always show in Visual Studio Code

Question

Loving using Visual Studio Code but one peeve is that I always think my code isn't indented properly since the left edge of the actual editor is kind of far from the numbers.

Is there any way to show the code folding +/- icons by default? It only shows them if you hover over the gutter.

As an aside, if there is a way to change the color of the gutter so it looks distinct from the editor?

Answer 1

To change the color of the gutter, you can add following to the user settings:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editorGutter.background": "#abcdef"
}

And to show folding icons:

"editor.showFoldingControls": "always"

Note that this setting requires you to have at least 1.13.