Action Cursor

Action Cursor adds smear trails and impact effects for the VS Code cursor.

Features

• Smear trail on cursor movement
• Impact particles on large jumps
• Dust debris on high-impact moves
• Subtle screen shake on hard impacts
• Optional glow around the trail
• Presets from minimal to insane
• Theme-aware colors with optional overrides
• Works well with vim extension

Installation

[IMPORTANT OR IT WILL NOT WORK] Requires Custom CSS and JS Loader.

1. Install Custom CSS and JS Loader
2. Install Action Cursor
3. Run "Action Cursor: Enable / Update"
4. Run "Custom CSS and JS: Reload" and restart VS Code
5. If you see an error here, see below

Permissions Note

Custom CSS and JS Loader may need write permissions to your VS Code installation. If you see a permissions error, run one of the following commands (adjust the path for your system):

# Linux (system install)
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/share/code

# Linux (Snap)
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /snap/code

Settings

All settings live under actionCursor.*:

• preset: minimal | subtle | default | dramatic | insane
• trailColor: override trail color (color picker)
• particleColor: override particle color (color picker)
• glowColor: override glow color (color picker)

Presets

• minimal: smear only
• subtle: smear + light particles + light dust
• default: smear + particles + dust + gentle shake
• dramatic: heavier particles + dust + shake + glow
• insane: maximum intensity across all effects

Commands

• Action Cursor: Enable / Update
• Action Cursor: Disable

Recommended Settings

{
  "editor.cursorStyle": "block",
  "actionCursor.preset": "default"
}

Uninstalling

1. Run "Action Cursor: Disable"
2. Run "Custom CSS and JS: Disable" and restart VS Code
3. Uninstall the extension