Workspace colour
Every workspace has a colour, so you can tell its window from the others at a glance. It is drawn as a 2 pixel edge along the top of the window, as the dot beside the workspace name, and as the accent on that window's buttons and selections.
Where to find it
- Repository › Workspaces and Identities…, open a workspace, then Colour.
- Title bar › workspace switcher shows each workspace's colour as a dot.
Choosing a colour
The Colour field in the workspace form is a row of eight swatches, labelled Lane colour 1 to 8 for screen readers, with the hint "Shown as the edge along the top of the window." A new workspace starts on the third swatch, amber. Click a swatch and Save.
The eight colours are the same ones the commit graph uses for its lanes:
| Swatch | Colour |
|---|---|
| 1 | Teal |
| 2 | Violet |
| 3 | Amber |
| 4 | Green |
| 5 | Coral |
| 6 | Blue |
| 7 | Pink |
| 8 | Sand |
Where it shows
| Place | How |
|---|---|
| Top edge of the window | A 2 pixel line across the whole width, above the title bar. |
| Workspace switcher | The small square beside the workspace name in the title bar, and in the switcher's list. |
| Current repository tab | The 2 pixel line along the top of the active tab. |
| Buttons, focus rings, selections | The workspace colour replaces the scheme's teal as the accent for that window, including its sheets and menus. |
A window with no workspace keeps the scheme's own accent and has no coloured edge.
How it adapts to the colour scheme
Pond, Light and Dark share the same eight lane colours, so a workspace looks the same across them; only the text drawn on the accent is mixed lighter (on Pond and Dark) or darker (on Light) for contrast. Greyscale replaces every lane colour with a grey, and the accent with near-black, so the edge still marks the window but carries no hue. See Colour schemes.
Free and Pro
Workspace colour is part of workspaces and works on Free, within the three-workspace limit.