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.
Jump between lines using ctrl+alt+left and ctrl+alt+right.
Extension Settings
This extension allows the following settings:
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.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.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.
Commands
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.toggleHighlightingLines
Toggle the footsteps.doHighlightChanges setting: whether or not we are highlighting lines
🤝 How to Contribute
I'd love suggestions on how to improve the extension (feature requests) or code suggestions.
