Minimap no longer shows current position in the file

[DFelten]

Type: Bug

The scroll indicator on the minimap is missing. The minimap no longer shows the current position in the file. You can still scroll with it, but you can't see where you are in the file.

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.74.0-insider (2282be522a8031209a739783baede67bfa9fc95a, 2022-11-08T05:33:58.303Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 22.1.0 Modes: Sandboxed: Yes

System Info

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multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_renderer: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
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[AshSimmonds]

Yeah that's painful. Not exactly a workaround, but something to make things easier until there's a fix is to make the scrollbar super fat.

"editor.scrollbar.verticalScrollbarSize": 24

[AshSimmonds]

This could be related? Added all the options to settings.json and some of the hex colour previews aren't rendering:

[mikiqex]

Another Not exactly a workaround:

• Help / Toggle Developer Tools
• On Elements find the Minimap Slider (you can search for class "minimap-slider-horizontal")
• In Styles for .monaco-editor .minimap-slider .minimap-slider-horizontal change "color" to "background" (click on "color" and rewrite)

Final result:

.monaco-editor .minimap-slider .minimap-slider-horizontal {
    background: var(--vscode-minimapSlider-background);
}

I've just updated to commit 96db0b and it's not yet fixed.

[cip8]

Final result:

.monaco-editor .minimap-slider .minimap-slider-horizontal {
    background: var(--vscode-minimapSlider-background);
}

I've just updated to commit 96db0b and it's not yet fixed.

Thanks @mikiqex - this works great as a temporary workaround.

Until this is fixed by the VSCode staff, you can add this fix to the file workbench.desktop.main.css located at C:\Users\{YOUR_USERNAME}\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\resources\app\out\vs\workbench (on Windows).

You'll get an "your installation is corrupt warning as the sig doesn't match anymore, you can hide that & enjoy your minimap again.

[GavinRay97]

For what it's worth, I think this is the first noticeable bug/regression I've had in several years of using Insiders. I'll take it.

[sanket-bhalerao]

It feels way weirder than I imagined. i disabled the scrollbar in favor of the minimap and slider, now I scroll like a lost person 🤣

[cip8]

It feels way weirder than I imagined. i disabled the scrollbar in favor of the minimap and slider, now I scroll like a lost person 🤣

😂 I also disabled the scrollbar altogether & I'm at a loss now.

The temporary fix I was applying was overwritten by a fresh update & yet the minimap visibility is still broken 😔 I'll switch to the vanilla version for now, but I'm a bit surprised that VSCode team ignores this easy (but very important) patch & that no one in their team noticed an important feature suddenly gone 🤷‍♂️

[eldair]

Yeah, them not acknowledging or commenting on this is very strange 🤨

[ghylander]

There's been a lot of issues it seems, I didn't know this UI element was called minimap and couldn't find these issues before. Latest update (commit #d9a70c4) didn't fix it. @mikiqex's solution worked and restored the exact behaviour. I'm curious as to why it hasn't been fixed yet.

Still not fixed as of commit #e7a1278

[ghylander]

Ok, just noticed something else that is no longer shown Took me a while to notice. I was feeling something else was off but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

I have had editor rules enabled for a time now, which are shown as vertical white-ish lines marking user-specified widths. They are gone as well.

[cip8]

Ok, just noticed something else that is no longer shown Took me a while to notice. I was feeling something else was off but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

I have had editor rules enabled for a time now, which are shown as vertical white-ish lines marking user-specified widths. They are gone as well.

Maybe Elon bought them too? 🤔

[sanket-bhalerao]

let's not be negative here. I get that those who explicitly use and love minimap are upset due to not being able to use it properly, however, let's cut the VSCode team some slack. As you would agree they are doing exceptional work and bringing us awesome features with every release. Few of the participants in the conversation have already found a fix for the issue, maybe you could raise a PR and get your contributor badge😋 let's be patient, something awesome might be coming our way soon 🥳

[alexdima]

Fixed via https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/166691

[jerryc05]

FYI I'm currently using

Version: 1.74.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 1b1e2a2c5794df1f475976062c754651827634a9
Date: 2022-11-18T05:25:18.342Z
Electron: 19.1.3
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Sandboxed: Yes

and the slider still seems not showing correctly

[zedd3v]

@alexdima

Version: 1.74.0-insider Commit: 1b1e2a2c5794df1f475976062c754651827634a9 Date: 2022-11-18T05:24:51.315Z Electron: 19.1.3 Chromium: 102.0.5005.167 Node.js: 16.14.2 V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 22.1.0 Sandboxed: Yes

[ghylander]

seems to be fixed for me as of commit fef85ea792f6627c83024d1df726ca729d8c9cb3

[jerryc05]

Confirmed fixed as of

Version: 1.74.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: f730160c5d5fe36a7ad8db51f74f40a9d316e8b2
Date: 2022-11-22T05:21:41.060Z
Electron: 19.1.3
Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Sandboxed: Yes