Keep your place when jumping between a different parts of your code. This is a VSCode extension that will highlight lines as you edit them, fading as you move away.
footsteps.highlightColor
Default: "rgb(153, 128, 250)"
The color of the highlighted trail (in rgb format). I'd recommend keeping this subtle - black (rgb(0, 0, 0)) if you have a dark theme and white (rgb(255, 255, 255)) if you have a light theme.
footsteps.highlightColorMaxOpacity
Default: 0.4
The maximum opacity for line highlights (0 - 1) - higher number means a more opaque highlight.
footsteps.doHighlightChanges
Default: true
Whether or not to add line highlights. If this is false, it will still allow navigation between chunks.
footsteps.doHighlightOnClick
Default: false
Whether or not to add highlights when you click on a line. This is useful if you want to store a place while navigating around the code.
footsteps.doHighlightCurrentlyFocusedChunk
Default: false
Whether or not to highlight the actively focused chunk. It can be distracting to highlight the code you're actively working on, so this is off by default.
footsteps.doHighlightEmptyLines
Default: true
Whether or not to highlight changed lines that are empty. Some may find this distracting.
footsteps.doHighlightInactiveEditors
Default: false
Whether or not to highlight lines in inactive editors. For example, if you have two files open, and you're editing one, this will highlight the lines in the other file.
footsteps.maxNumberOfChangesToRemember
Default: 6
The number of changes to save in history
footsteps.maxNumberOfChangesToHighlight
Default: 10
The number of changes to highlight. A lower number drops off more quickly.
footsteps.minDistanceFromCursorToHighlight
Default: 3
The minimum distance from the cursor to highlight a line. This is to prevent distracting highlights when you're actively working on a line.
footsteps.clearChangesOnFileSave
Default: false
Whether or not to clear changes in a file when you save it.
This extension doesn't have any default commands, to prevent from clashing with your setup. Bind your own keybindings to these commands:
footsteps.skipBack
Skip back in footsteps. Default: ctrl+alt+left
footsteps.skipForwards
Skip forwards in footsteps. Default: ctrl+alt+right
footsteps.skipBackSameFile
Skip back in footsteps (stay in the same file)
footsteps.skipForwardsSameFile
Skip forwards in footsteps (stay in the same file)
footsteps.skipBackDifferentFile
Skip back in footsteps (skip between files)
footsteps.skipForwardsDifferentFile
Skip forwards in footsteps (skip between files)
footsteps.clearChangesWithinFile
Clear all changes within file (useful when you've edited the whole file)
footsteps.onClearProjectChanges
Clear all changes within project
footsteps.toggleHighlightingLines
Toggle the footsteps.doHighlightChanges setting: whether or not we are highlighting lines
I'd love suggestions on how to improve the extension (feature requests) or code suggestions.
Licensed under the MIT License.
