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Coding Stopwatch

Coding Stopwatch

Ricky Chaudhary

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A lightweight status bar stopwatch.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Coding Stopwatch ⏱️

A lightweight, beautiful, and distraction-free stopwatch right inside your VS Code Status Bar. Perfect for developers looking to track their focus sessions, monitor productivity, or manage coding intervals without leaving their editor.

Features ✨

  • Persistent Tracking: Saves your progress automatically. Close VS Code and open it the next day; your timer will pick up right where you left it.
  • Dynamic Color Shifting: The status bar item dynamically changes color—glowing Green while running so you know you're on the clock, and shifting to Amber when paused.
  • One-Click Actions: - Click the timer to easily Start / Pause.
    • A dedicated Reset (Trash) Button automatically appears whenever there is time on the clock.
  • Milestone Alerts: Celebrates your deep-focus streaks! Automatically triggers a subtle notification reminder to stretch once you cross the 1-hour continuous coding milestone.
  • Smart Formatting: Displays clean MM:SS tracking, which scales up to include HH:MM:SS seamlessly if your focus sessions go the distance.

How to Use 🚀

  1. Look at the bottom-right corner of your VS Code status bar (next to the notification bell).
  2. Click the ▶️ 00:00 display to Start the timer.
  3. Click the ⏸️ display to Pause the timer.
  4. Click the ↶ icon right next to it to Reset your session back to zero.

Extension Commands

This extension contributes the following commands to the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

  • Stopwatch: Start/Pause (stopwatch.toggle) - Toggles the timer state.
  • Stopwatch: Reset Timer (stopwatch.reset) - Resets the elapsed time back to zero.

Requirements

  • VS Code version 1.90.0 or higher.

Happy Coding!

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