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As aforerequested in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/176174#issue-1610221457, I would like a horizontal line number bar. https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/129450#discussion-6849971 explains some reasons that this is desirable, although not all are applicable due to its focus on permalink URIs:
This would be useful in VS Code for a similar reason - frequently, I want to reference a section of my code. When the lines are long, this can be challenging, so I usually exit VS Code and enter the GitHub or GitLab repository's GUI for the code file in the relevant commit, where I then create a permalink URI to the line. Were this feature - the horizontal line number ruler - implemented in VS Code, I would be able to locate the exact line and character numbers, then go to GitHub and find easily the exact section again, where I could create the permalink much quicker.
I've refiled this because I would not have upvoted that referenced issue due to it combining this feature with another which I have no interest in. I file this to suggest separately, and record more accurately support for, this specific feature.
Examples
You can see an example of something similar in LibreOffice:
However, VS Code already supports similar features, like the ability to visit a specific line and column (as https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10052#issue-169009020 describes) and VS Code's ability to display the current line and column in its status bar, as https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/66061866/1 demonstrates.