Markers

A fast VS Code extension that highlights marker keywords (FIXME, HACK, TODO, …) in your code and lists every occurrence in a panel view.

Features

Editor highlighting — every marker occurrence is highlighted in open editors, with a configurable color per marker
Markers panel — all occurrences listed in a dedicated view, with a badge showing the total count
Configurable markers — define your own marker words; the list order drives grouping, sorting and color pairing
Customizable colors — pick from a palette per marker (Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Red, Inverted, None)
Works everywhere — untrusted and virtual workspaces supported
Live updates — file saves and external changes (create, edit, delete, git checkout, …) refresh the list automatically

Three layouts — group occurrences by marker, by file, or in a folder tree
Find in list — Ctrl+F inside the view filters occurrences with the built-in find widget
Active file filter — restrict the list to the focused editor's file and back with one click
File path toggle — show or hide file paths on each row
Status bar — total marker count with a per-marker breakdown tooltip; click to open the panel
Keyboard shortcuts — all commands have configurable keyboard shortcuts
Movable panel — as of VSCode, the panel can be moved to the bottom, right, or left side of the editor

Zero runtime dependencies
Activates after startup (onStartupFinished), so it never slows down editor boot
The initial workspace scan can be deferred until the view is first shown (markers.scan.defer)
Files are read in parallel without opening them as documents
Binary files and files larger than 2 MB are skipped automatically
The scan is capped at a configurable number of files (markers.scan.maxNbFiles)
File-watcher events are debounced and coalesced, so bulk operations trigger a single refresh

Command	Description
`Markers: Refresh`	Rescan the workspace
`Markers: Show Markers Panel`	Open the Markers panel (`Ctrl+K Ctrl+M`)
`Markers: Group by Marker` / `Group by File` / `Folder Tree`	Switch the list layout
`Markers: Show Only Open File Markers` / `Show All Markers`	Toggle the active-file filter
`Markers: Expand All` / `Collapse All`	Expand or collapse the whole list
`Markers: Find`	Open the find widget (`Ctrl+F` in the view)
`Markers: Show File Path` / `Hide File Path`	Toggle file paths on rows
`Markers: Open Settings`	Open the extension settings

Setting	Default	Description
`markers.editor.highlightMarkers`	`true`	Highlight marker occurrences in open editors
`markers.markerNames`	`["FIXME", "HACK", "TODO"]`	Words recognized as markers, most urgent first. The order drives grouping and sorting, and pairs with `markers.markerColors` by position. Changing this rescans the workspace
`markers.markerColors`	`["Pink", "Orange", "Blue"]`	Color of each marker, matched by position with `markers.markerNames`. One of `Blue`, `Green`, `Orange`, `Pink`, `Red`, `Inverted`, `None`
`markers.scan.defer`	`true`	Defer the initial scan until the view is shown for the first time
`markers.scan.include`	`["*/"]`	Glob patterns of files/folders to scan
`markers.scan.exclude`	`node_modules`, `dist`, `out`, `build`, …	Glob patterns of files/folders to exclude
`markers.scan.maxNbFiles`	`10000`	Maximum number of files to scan for markers
`markers.statusBar.showCount`	`true`	Show the marker count in the status bar