Ambient rain over your code. Thin streaks with long fading tails fall across the
editor area only — sidebars, panels, and the status bar stay dry. Inspired by the
rain background effect in Odysseus.
Features
Editor-area only — rain renders over the editor part, never over sidebars or panels
Intensity slider (1–10) — speed, drop count, and transparency are linked:
low = sparse, slow, opaque drizzle · high = dense, fast, faint downpour
Size slider (1–10) — scales streak width and tail length
Live controls — status bar 💧 Rain button or Cmd+Alt+R / Ctrl+Alt+R
opens a panel with sliders; changes apply within a second, no reload
Lightweight — sprite-blit rendering, 30fps cap, pauses entirely when the
window loses focus
How it works — read before installing
VS Code has no API for drawing over the editor, so this extension patches
workbench.html inside your VS Code installation to load a small render script
(the same technique used by Custom CSS and JS Loader and vscode-animations).
Consequences you accept by using it:
VS Code will show a one-time "Your Code installation appears to be corrupt"
notification. It is harmless — click the gear on the notification and choose
Don't Show Again.
Every VS Code update wipes the patch. Run Rain Editor: Enable (Patch VS Code)
again after updating.
Your VS Code installation directory must be writable by your user.
A backup of the original workbench.html is saved as workbench.html.rain-backup
next to the patched file.
Getting started
Install the extension
Run Rain Editor: Enable (Patch VS Code) from the Command Palette
Reload the window when prompted
Dismiss the corrupt-installation warning (gear → Don't Show Again)
Commands
Command
Action
Rain Editor: Enable (Patch VS Code)
Patch workbench.html and start the rain
Rain Editor: Disable (Unpatch VS Code)
Remove the patch and all injected files
Rain Editor: Toggle Rain
Pause/resume without unpatching
Rain Editor: Controls
Open the slider panel (Cmd+Alt+R / Ctrl+Alt+R)
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
rainEditor.enabled
true
Show rain (requires the patch to be applied)
rainEditor.intensity
5
1–10. Higher = faster, denser, more transparent
rainEditor.size
4
1–10. Streak width and tail length
Uninstalling
Run Rain Editor: Disable (Unpatch VS Code)before uninstalling the
extension, otherwise the injected files stay in your VS Code installation until
the next VS Code update overwrites them.
