DEFCON 1 is a visual monitoring extension that drastically changes your workspace colors based on the number of errors in your project. It acts as an immediate visual feedback loop, ensuring you never miss a breaking change or a syntax error.
- Dynamic Visual Alerts: Your Title Bar, Status Bar, and Activity Bar change color based on the number of errors (diagnostics) in your workspace.
- Customizable Levels: Define 5 "DEFCON" levels, from DEFCON 5 (Safe) to DEFCON 1 (Critical).
- Status Bar Indicator: A minimal status bar item displays the current level and the number of error.
- Configuration Panel: A dedicated Webview panel to customize:
- Thresholds: How many errors trigger each level.
- Colors: Pick any color for each level.
- Targets: Choose which UI elements (Title Bar, Status Bar, Activity Bar) are affected.
- Install the extension.
- Code as usual. As errors accumulate, your VS Code window will change color.
- DEFCON 5 (Green): 0 Errors.
- DEFCON 4 (Blue): Low error count.
- DEFCON 3 (Yellow): Moderate error count.
- DEFCON 2 (Orange): High error count.
- DEFCON 1 (Red): Critical error count.
- Customize:
- Click the "DEFCON" item in the Status Bar (bottom right).
- Or run the command
DEFCON 1: Open Settings Panel. - Adjust colors, thresholds, and target areas using the interactive panel.
- Click Save Settings.
This extension contributes the following settings (managed via the panel):
defcon1.settings: Stores your custom thresholds, colors, and target preferences.