Highlights the current paragraph or code block, dims the rest. Perfect for focused writing and coding.
A modernized fork of vscode-dimmer by Cody Hoover and Andrew Morsillo.
Features
Paragraph-aware dimming for Markdown, plaintext, LaTeX, and other prose formats — dims everything outside the current paragraph (separated by blank lines)
Indentation-based block dimming for code files — highlights the current code block based on indentation level
Configurable opacity, delay, and context lines
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
dimmer.enabled
false
Enable/disable dimming
dimmer.opacity
50
Opacity (0-100) of dimmed text
dimmer.context
0
Extra lines above/below the current block to keep highlighted
dimmer.delay
0
Delay in ms before dimming updates
dimmer.toggleDimmerCommandScope
user
Whether Toggle Dimmer affects user or workspace settings
