Wish Code minimap

[Sandman]

I find myself longing for a minimap in the IDE. It's very common for IDE's (and some text editors) to have it, so I'm sure that most people in the forum know very well what it is, but in case that's not true:

A code minimap in an IDE is a reduced overview of the entire file in its own view pane, typically next to the main editor pane. The portion of the file visible in the main editor pane is highlighted, and clicking or dragging in this view scrolls the editor through the file. (ref)


A couple of examples from different IDE's and text editors. (All happened to use dark themes, but the minimap obviously use the same theme as the editor.)


KDevelop:

Sublime Text:

VS Code:

Microsoft Visual Studio:
(this minimap is pretty awful - it misrepresents the document by stretching the minimap in some insane way)

 

[aeric]

I think it is more useful for html, xml or php based code. I don't see benefit for VB or B4X type of code. I found it a waste of IDE real estate in Sublime Text.

 

[Sandman]

Thank you for sharing. Our opinions differ radically.

 

[alwaysbusy]

I'm not a big fan either, but if we could turn it on/off somewhere in options AND it does not slow down the IDE editor whatsoever, I have no problem with such a functionality.

 

[aeric]

Maybe you have a point if you have very long code in 1 file. I however not prefer to have many lines of code in 1 file.

 

[Sandman]

if we could turn it on/off somewhere in options

Well, that's pretty much a given, especially considering that some users might have so small screens that they don't want to have a minimap for that reason.