Highlights exact characters you changed in VS Code before saving —
then clears highlights automatically after you save.
Simple, lightweight, and no Git required.
✨ Features
🔹 Highlights inserted and modified characters instantly
🔹 Clears highlights automatically on save
🔹 Works in any file, even outside Git repos
🔹 Highly customizable colors and debounce speed
🚀 Installation
You can install via the VS Code Marketplace:
🖼 Screenshots
Before Save → characters highlighted: (add screenshot here)
After Save → highlights cleared: (add screenshot here)
💖 Support This Project
I built this tool to help developers stay productive.
If it saves you time, consider supporting my work ❤️
Only 1 usd is a big help! 🙌
⚙️ Extension Settings
Setting
Default
Description
inlineChangeHighlighter.enabled
true
Enable/disable highlighting
inlineChangeHighlighter.color
rgba(255,215,0,0.35)
Highlight color
inlineChangeHighlighter.border
1px solid rgba(255,215,0,0.7)
Border around changed text
inlineChangeHighlighter.debounceMs
200
Delay before diffing
inlineChangeHighlighter.maxFileSizeKb
1024
Skip large files
inlineChangeHighlighter.languages
[]
Restrict to specific languages
inlineChangeHighlighter.includeWhitespace
true
Highlight whitespace edits
🛠 Contributing
PRs and feature requests are welcome!
Open issues on GitHub.
