continuedev / continuedev/continue
No way to disable rainbow effect
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Description
Issue Category
Other (please describe in the details section)
Affected Documentation Page URL
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Issue Description
This feature is using 32% of the GPU just for this colorful effect
Before opening this issue, I looked for the function to disable the rainbow effect, but I couldn't find it.
Expected Content
I propose adding an option to disable it in the extension settings.
VS CODE
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the VS Code extension code that renders the rainbow effect and reviewing how extension settings are defined. Add a user setting that disables the effect, then verify that the effect is absent and GPU usage is no longer incurred when the setting is enabled.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100