Rain Editor

Ambient rain over your code. Thin streaks with long fading tails fall across the editor area only — sidebars, panels, and the status bar stay dry. Inspired by the rain background effect in Odysseus.

Features

• Editor-area only — rain renders over the editor part, never over sidebars or panels
• Intensity slider (1–10) — speed, drop count, and transparency are linked: low = sparse, slow, opaque drizzle · high = dense, fast, faint downpour
• Size slider (1–10) — scales streak width and tail length
• Live controls — status bar 💧 Rain button or Cmd+Alt+R / Ctrl+Alt+R opens a panel with sliders; changes apply within a second, no reload
• Lightweight — sprite-blit rendering, 30fps cap, pauses entirely when the window loses focus

How it works — read before installing

VS Code has no API for drawing over the editor, so this extension patches workbench.html inside your VS Code installation to load a small render script (the same technique used by Custom CSS and JS Loader and vscode-animations).

Consequences you accept by using it:

• VS Code will show a one-time "Your Code installation appears to be corrupt" notification. It is harmless — click the gear on the notification and choose Don't Show Again.
• Every VS Code update wipes the patch. Run Rain Editor: Enable (Patch VS Code) again after updating.
• Your VS Code installation directory must be writable by your user.

A backup of the original workbench.html is saved as workbench.html.rain-backup next to the patched file.

Getting started

1. Install the extension
2. Run Rain Editor: Enable (Patch VS Code) from the Command Palette
3. Reload the window when prompted
4. Dismiss the corrupt-installation warning (gear → Don't Show Again)

Commands

Settings

Uninstalling

Run Rain Editor: Disable (Unpatch VS Code) before uninstalling the extension, otherwise the injected files stay in your VS Code installation until the next VS Code update overwrites them.

License

MIT — see the LICENSE file.