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[Feature Request] Minimap background color improvements

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Description

The minimap is essential in helping in navigation, especially to know the location at the code. Why not use colours to segment functions (only functions) like so: It makes the code much easier to read and digest.

Compare the left column to the right column:

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My argument is: Just by glancing at the left, I know my location exactly within the code, and this gives me the following knowledge/abilities. For example:

  1. I can see the file has 5 functions, and that I am at the beginning of the 4th function.
  2. I can easily jump to the beginning of the current function, say to modify a parameter.
  3. A glance at the map, I can see the size of each function (from the segmentations), and I can tell exactly where I am and which part of code I am looking at.
  4. I can tell the file has two almost similar size functions (could be overrides), it has 3 other main bigger functions. So I can see the sizes of the functions and their count. Glancing at the map and the file name (the tab) helps me remember what this file does...etc. etc.
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No implementation file, test, or non-empty Monaco Editor Playground is provided. Start by locating the minimap rendering and existing theme or color configuration, then clarify how functions should be detected and segmented; done means the minimap visibly separates function regions without disrupting navigation.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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