Error Detector is a Visual Studio Code extension that helps you scan and identify specific pattern rules (such as TODO, FIXME, debugger, and console.log) in your code. It provides real-time diagnostics, a status bar summary, and convenient Quick Fix actions to clean up your files.
Features
Real-time Scan: Scans active text documents for custom patterns on open and file edit (debounced).
Status Bar Integration: Displays a clean status indicator showing the number of errors and warnings in the active document.
Quick Fixes: Quickly resolve issues directly from the lightbulb menu (e.g., automatically remove or comment out the match).
Customizable Rules: Custom regex patterns, flags, diagnostic messages, and severity levels can be defined in user settings.
Exclusion Filters: Exclude specific files and directories (like node_modules or build outputs) from being scanned.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
error-detector.enable: Enable or disable the Error Detector extension.
error-detector.patterns: A list of patterns to match. Each pattern has a regular expression, severity level, message, and regex flags.
error-detector.exclude: Glob patterns specifying files and folders to exclude from scanning.
Usage
Open any file in VS Code.
The status bar will show the summary of issues.
Hover over highlighted items to see details, and use Ctrl+. (or click the lightbulb icon) to trigger Quick Fixes.
