6.0.0

Changes

ANNOUNCEMENT

Background reload is now fixed, please refer to the below changelog.

Breaking Change

• Fix reload not working on VSCode 1.123 #601 (@Katsute)

  Some users may receive an error about a legacy installation, please refer to the following options to migrate to v6:

  Rollback

  1. Right click the extension the extensions tab and choose Install Specific Version...
  2. Choose a version that is older than v6
  3. Click Restart Extensions
  4. Run the Uninstall command or use the button in the Background menu, this is NOT the extension uninstall, it is specifically the Background Uninstall that needs to run
  5. Wait for the uninstall to complete, on v5.0.3 this will show a failed notification, on older versions it will automatically reload
  6. Fully close and reopen VSCode
  7. You can now update to v6 and use this extension

  Reinstall

  1. Reinstall VSCode

Full Changelog: 5.0.3...6.0.0

5.0.3

Changes

ANNOUNCEMENT

As of VSCode 1.123 Install, Uninstall, and Reload buttons do not refresh the background. Please refer to #600 for tracking on this issue.

To see background updates you must fully close and reopen VSCode.

Full Changelog: 5.0.2...5.0.3

5.0.2

Changes

ANNOUNCEMENT

As of VSCode 1.123 Install, Uninstall, and Reload buttons do not refresh the background. Please refer to #600 for tracking on this issue.

To see background updates you must fully close and reopen the IDE.

Fixes

• Fix sudo not working on VS 1.123 #599 (@Katsute)

  Fixes a Node compatibility issue with sudo caused by a bad VSCode release that did not declare a breaking Node version increase.

Full Changelog: 5.0.1...5.0.2

5.0.1

Changes

Fixes

• Fix window background not being applied properly #596 (@Katsute)

Full Changelog: 5.0.0...5.0.1

5.0.0

Changes

Breaking Change

• Remove Render Content Above Background option #587 (@Katsute)

  This feature is no longer functional, instead use the Render Text Above Background option.

Removed

• Remove automatic opacity migration for v3 opacity inversion #588 (@Katsute)

  This removes the automatic opacity migration from v2 to v3 (2024).

  Users using v3 or higher

  No action is needed; your opacity settings have already been converted as part of the v2 to v3 update.

  Users using v2

  Update to v3 to have your opacity settings migrated, then to v5. As a reminder, the Use Inverted Opacity setting can still be used to preserve the inverted opacity (v2) behavior.

New Features

• Render Text Above Background option now supports Sidebar, Editor, and Panel #592 (@Katsute)

Fixes

• Fix sticky tree transparency when using render text over background option #589 (@Katsute)
• Fix tooltip/generate background when using render text over background option #591 (@Katsute)
• Fix documentation popup transparency when using render text over background option #590 (@Katsute)

Dependencies

• Bump rimraf from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3 #563 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 25.2.2 to 25.3.3 #564 (@dependabot)
• Bump glob from 13.0.1 to 13.0.6 #565 (@dependabot)
• Bump the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory with 1 update #561 (@dependabot)
• Bump undici from 7.22.0 to 7.24.1 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #567 (@dependabot)
• Bump picomatch from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #568 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.27.3 to 0.27.4 #570 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 25.3.3 to 25.5.0 #569 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.109.0 to 1.110.0 #571 (@dependabot)
• Bump lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #574 (@dependabot)
• Bump typescript from 5.9.3 to 6.0.2 #573 (@Katsute)
• Bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9 #575 (@dependabot)
• Bump @vscode/vsce from 3.7.1 to 3.9.1 #577 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 25.5.0 to 25.6.0 #578 (@dependabot)
• Bump typescript from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 #579 (@dependabot)
• Bump uuid from 8.3.2 to removed in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #581 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.27.4 to 0.28.0 #580 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.110.0 to 1.118.0 #576 (@dependabot)
• Bump fast-uri from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #582 (@dependabot)

Full Changelog: 4.0.4...5.0.0

4.0.4

Changes

Fixes

• Restore missing suggestion highlight when using render text over background option #556 (@Katsute)
• Improve background visibility on selected line when using render text over background option #558 (@Katsute)
• Restore missing background on selected and hovered sidebar list when using render text over background option #559 (@Katsute)
• Fix tab background when using render text over background option #557 (@Katsute)

Dependencies

• Bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #545 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 25.0.2 to 25.1.0 #547 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.107.0 to 1.108.1 #549 (@kdevbot)
• Bump glob from 13.0.0 to 13.0.1 #551 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 25.1.0 to 25.2.2 #552 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.108.1 to 1.109.0 #555 (@kdevbot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.27.2 to 0.27.3 #554 (@dependabot)

Full Changelog: 4.0.3...4.0.4

4.0.3

Changes

Fixes

• Fix suggestion background when using render text over background option #542 (@Katsute)

Dependencies

• Bump esbuild from 0.27.1 to 0.27.2 #540 (@dependabot)
• Bump qs from 6.14.0 to 6.14.1 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #541 (@dependabot)

Full Changelog: 4.0.2...4.0.3

4.0.2

Changes

Fixes

• Fix missing text selector when using render text over background option #538 (@Katsute)

Dependencies

• Bump actions/github-script from 7 to 8 #508 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.3.0 to 24.4.0 #509 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.103.0 to 1.104.0 #510 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.4.0 to 24.5.2 #511 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.9 to 0.25.10 #512 (@dependabot)
• Bump tar-fs from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #513 (@dependabot)
• Bump @vscode/vsce from 3.6.0 to 3.6.2 #514 (@dependabot)
• Bump typescript from 5.9.2 to 5.9.3 #515 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.5.2 to 24.6.2 #516 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.6.2 to 24.7.2 #518 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.104.0 to 1.105.0 #517 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.10 to 0.25.11 #519 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.7.2 to 24.8.1 #520 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.8.1 to 24.9.1 #522 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.9.1 to 24.10.0 #523 (@dependabot)
• Bump rimraf from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 #524 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.11 to 0.25.12 #525 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.12 to 0.27.0 #526 (@dependabot)
• Bump @vscode/vsce from 3.6.2 to 3.7.0 #527 (@dependabot)
• Bump the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory with 1 update #529 (@dependabot)
• Bump glob from 11.0.3 to 11.1.0 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #530 (@dependabot)
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 #531 (@dependabot)
• Bump rimraf from 6.1.0 to 6.1.2 #535 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.105.0 to 1.106.1 #534 (@dependabot)
• Bump @vscode/vsce from 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 #532 (@dependabot)
• Bump glob from 11.1.0 to 13.0.0 #533 (@dependabot)
• Bump jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory #537 (@dependabot)

Full Changelog: 4.0.1...4.0.2

4.0.1

Changes

Fixes

• Fix various missing backgrounds when using render text over background option #507 (@Katsute)

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...4.0.1

4.0.0

Changes

New Features

• Require API access to be enabled #490 (@Katsute)

  It is now required to enable API access in the options menu in order to use the extension API.

• Add experimental option for text over backgrounds #487 (@Katsute)

  Adds an option renderTextAboveBackground which improves text visibility. Only supported for window backgrounds, not supported for editor/sidebar/panel options yet.

  Terminal will still have a solid background with this option enabled.

  Feature is experimental, please report any visibility issues with this option.

Fixes

• Fix corrupt installation message not being hidden #498 (@Katsute)

Dependencies

• Bump esbuild from 0.25.5 to 0.25.6 #489 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.101.0 to 1.102.0 #488 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.6 to 0.25.8 #491 (@dependabot)
• Bump form-data from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 #492 (@dependabot)
• Bump typescript from 5.8.3 to 5.9.2 #494 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/node from 24.0.6 to 24.2.0 #495 (@dependabot)
• Bump tmp from 0.2.3 to 0.2.4 in the npm_and_yarn group #496 (@dependabot)
• Bump tmp from 0.2.4 to 0.2.5 #497 (@dependabot)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 #501 (@dependabot)
• Bump esbuild from 0.25.8 to 0.25.9 #502 (@dependabot)
• Bump @types/vscode from 1.102.0 to 1.103.0 #503 (@dependabot)

Full Changelog: 3.1.1...4.0.0