Improve your vscode quickinput-widget

README.md

Customize your quickinput-widget

This is a small tool designed to emulate the Sublime style Command Palette as follows.

It requires the use of a specific extension to load the js file from this gist.

I'm using the APC extension, and the usage is as follows.

Here is my settings.json and you should write with your own file path

"apc.imports": [
    "Users/captainvincent/.vscode/scripts/resize-quickinput-widget.js"
],

BTW

If you're not utilizing other features of APC, you may also opt for another extension like Custom CSS and JS Loader that is more widely used.

Here is an example for settings.json

(APC conflicts with other similar extensions, so you should uninstall APC or unused ones first.)

"vscode_custom_css.imports": [
    "file:///Users/captainvincent/.vscode/scripts/resize-quickinput-widget.js"
]

resize-quickinput-widget.js

/*
 * GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 * Version 3, 29 June 2007
 *
 * Copyright (C) [2023] [Captain Vincent]
 * Original Source: https://gist.github.com/CaptainVincent/74a15cd9d9c450e961b867f69008ee6e
 *
 * Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document,
 * but changing it is not allowed.
 *
 * Preamble
 *
 * The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works.
 *
 * The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom
 * to share and change the works. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee
 * your freedom to share and change all versions of a program—to make sure it remains free software
 * for all its users.
 *
 * resize-quickinput-widget.js
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
 * or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 * Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see
 * https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 */

var menuExist = false;
var quickInputListNode = null;
var factor = 1;
var refresh = false;
var cachedHeight = -1;
var cachadPreOneTop = 0;
const padding = 10; // up + bottom

// Init static style
var styleElement = document.createElement("style");
var styles = `
  .quick-input-widget {
    box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0), 0 0 0 100vw rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    top: 80px !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .monaco-inputbox {
    padding: 10px !important;
    border-radius: 5px !important;
    font-size: 14px !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .quick-input-action {
    padding-top: 10px !important;
    font-size: 14px !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .monaco-list-rows {
    font-size: 13px !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .monaco-list-row {
    padding: 5px !important;
    height: auto !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .quick-input-list-entry {
    position: relative;
    padding: 0px 5px 0px 15px;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .quick-input-list-entry .codicon[class*=codicon-] {
    font-size: 15px;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .quick-input-list .quick-input-list-entry.quick-input-list-separator-border {
    border-top-width: 0px !important;
  }
  .quick-input-widget .quick-input-list .quick-input-list-label-meta .monaco-highlighted-label:before {
    content: ' ▸ ';
  }
`;
styleElement.textContent = styles;
document.head.appendChild(styleElement);

function zoom(obj, primaryKey, cacheKey) {
    const v = parseInt(obj.style[primaryKey], 10);
    if (refresh || !obj.hasOwnProperty(cacheKey) || obj[cacheKey] != v) {
        set(obj, Math.round(v * factor), primaryKey, cacheKey);
        return true;
    }
    return v === 0;
}

function set(obj, v, primaryKey, cacheKey) {
    obj[cacheKey] = v;
    obj.style[primaryKey] = obj[cacheKey] + "px";
}

function resize() {
    const monacoListRows =
        quickInputListNode.querySelector(".monaco-list-rows");
    const rows = quickInputListNode.querySelectorAll(
        ".monaco-list-rows .monaco-list-row"
    );

    refresh = false;
    if (rows && rows.length > 0) {
        var defaultHeight = parseInt(rows[0].style.height, 10);
        if (defaultHeight != cachedHeight) {
            factor = (defaultHeight + 10) / defaultHeight;
            cachedHeight = defaultHeight;
            refresh = true;
        }
        cachadPreOneTop = parseInt(rows[0].style.top, 10);
    }

    zoom(quickInputListNode, "maxHeight", "cachedMaxHeight");
    zoom(monacoListRows, "height", "cachedHeight");
    zoom(monacoListRows, "top", "cachedTop");
    moving = false;
    rows.forEach((row) => {
        moving = zoom(row, "top", "cachedTop") || moving;
        // [[Patch]]
        // Fix a bug that some rows are not moving, so
        // I force-set their top based on the previous one.
        if (moving && parseInt(row.style.top, 10) < cachadPreOneTop) {
            set(
                row,
                cachadPreOneTop +
                    Math.floor(parseInt(row.style.height, 10) * factor),
                "top",
                "cachedTop"
            );
        }
        cachadPreOneTop = parseInt(row.style.top, 10);
    });

    const scrollbar = quickInputListNode.querySelector(".scrollbar.vertical");
    if (scrollbar) {
        zoom(scrollbar, "height", "cachedHeight");
        slider = scrollbar.querySelector(".slider");
        zoom(slider, "height", "cachedHeight");
        zoom(slider, "top", "cachedTop");
    }
}

const target = document.body;
const config = { attributes: true, childList: true, subtree: true };
const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList) => {
    for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
        if (
            !menuExist &&
            mutation.type === "childList" &&
            mutation.addedNodes.length > 0
        ) {
            quickInputListNode = document.getElementById("quickInput_list");
            if (quickInputListNode) {
                menuExist = true;
                resize();
                const maxHeightObserver = new MutationObserver(
                    (mutationsList) => {
                        for (const mutation of mutationsList) {
                            resize();
                        }
                    }
                );
                maxHeightObserver.observe(quickInputListNode, {
                    attributes: true,
                    childList: true,
                    subtree: true,
                    attributeFilter: ["style"],
                });
            }
        }
    }
});

observer.observe(target, config);