Daily productivity tips for Visual Studio Code with OS-specific optimizations and easy settings access, enhancing your coding experience one tip at a time
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Enhance your VS Code productivity with daily tips! This extension delivers curated tips about VS Code features, shortcuts, and best practices directly to you through VS Code's notification system, with OS-specific optimizations and easy settings access.
Features
🎯 Daily VS Code tips to improve your coding workflow
🖥️ OS-specific tip optimization (Windows, macOS, Linux) with automatic detection
⚙️ Quick settings access via settings icon in tip panel
⌨️ Keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+T / Cmd+Alt+T) to show tips on demand
🎲 Smart random tip selection with history tracking to avoid repetition
📚 Navigate through tips (Previous/Next buttons)
♿ Full keyboard accessibility with proper focus management and ARIA labels
⏰ Configurable startup time for daily tips
🔧 Flexible notification system that doesn't interrupt your workflow
🌐 Complete multi-language support with all 43 tips translated across 11 languages
🔄 Language switching via dropdown in the tip panel with full parity
Supported Languages
This extension supports the following languages:
🇺🇸 English
🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin) - 中文
🇮🇳 Hindi - हिन्दी
🇪🇸 Spanish - Español
🇫🇷 French - Français
🇸🇦 Arabic - العربية
🇧🇩 Bengali - বাংলা
🇧🇷 Portuguese - Português
🇷🇺 Russian - Русский
🇯🇵 Japanese - 日本語
🇮🇱 Hebrew - עברית
Switch languages using the dropdown in the tip panel, and your preference will be saved for future sessions.
How to Use
Daily Tips: By default, you'll receive a tip notification when VS Code starts (after your configured hour)
On-Demand Tips: Press Ctrl+Alt+T (Cmd+Alt+T on macOS) to see the current tip
Settings Access: Click the settings icon (⚙️) in the tip panel to quickly access extension settings
OS Optimization: Tips are automatically optimized for your operating system, or you can manually select your preferred OS in settings
Navigation:
Use the "Show Next Tip" command to see the next tip
Use the "Show Previous Tip" to review earlier tips
Try "Show Random Tip" to discover something new
Commands
Show Tip of the Day: Display the current daily tip
Show Next Tip: Navigate to the next tip
Show Previous Tip: Go back to the previous tip
Show Random Tip: Display a random tip
Dismiss Tip for Today: Skip today's tip
Disable Tips: Turn off tips permanently
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
tipOfTheDay.enabled: Enable or disable Tip of the Day
tipOfTheDay.showOnStartup: Show tip when VS Code starts (default: true)
tipOfTheDay.startupHourLocal: Only show tips after this hour (24-hour format, local time)
tipOfTheDay.language: Language for tips and interface (default: "en", supports 11 languages)
tipOfTheDay.operatingSystem: Operating system for tip optimization - choose "auto" for automatic detection, or manually select "Windows", "macOS", or "Linux" (default: auto)
Release Notes
1.4.0
🎲 Smart random tip selection with history tracking to avoid showing the same tip repeatedly
♿ Full keyboard accessibility - navigate the entire UI using keyboard alone with proper focus management
🔄 Enhanced tip rotation - new day always shows a new random tip
1.2.2
🌍 Support partial localization for:
Arabic (ar)
Bengali (bn)
English (en)
Spanish (es)
French (fr)
Hebrew (he)
Hindi (hi)
Japanese (ja)
Portuguese (pt)
Russian (ru)
Chinese (Mandarin) (zh)
1.2.0
⚙️ Added settings icon to tip panel - Quick access to extension settings
🖥️ OS-specific tip optimization - Tips are now optimized for Windows, macOS, and Linux
🔄 Automatic OS detection - Extension auto-detects your OS and saves it to settings
📱 Manual OS selection - Override auto-detection by manually selecting your preferred OS
🎨 Improved UI - Enhanced tip panel with header layout and better styling
