SVBT - Simple Visual Bar Timer -

A simple visual bar timer in the VS Code status bar.

Features

• Status Bar Timer: A timer that runs in the status bar.
• Custom Duration: Set a timer for any duration from 1 to 200 minutes.
• Task Name: Record the task name along with the timer.
• Visual Feedback: A progress bar and a MM:SS countdown provide clear visual feedback.
• Simple Controls: Start and stop the timer directly from the status bar.
• Configurable: Set a default timer duration in the settings.

How to Use

1. Start the Timer

• Click the ⧁ Start Timer button in the status bar(Immediately after startup, ⧁ SVBT ).
• Or, open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P) and run the Start Timer command.

2. Set Duration and Task Name

• An input box will appear. Enter the desired duration in minutes (1-200).
• Next, an input box for the task name will appear. If left blank, it will be set as "集中して作業中".

3. Monitor Progress

• The status bar will show a stop button (⦿), the remaining time, a progress bar, and the task name.

4. Stop the Timer

• Click the stop button in the status bar.
• Or, open the Command Palette and run the Stop Timer command.

Configuration

You can customize the timer by changing the following settings in your VS Code settings.json file:

• simpleVisualBarTimer.defaultDuration: The default timer duration in minutes.
  • Default: 25
• simpleVisualBarTimer.remainingChar: The character used to represent the remaining time in the progress bar.
  • Default: ▮
• simpleVisualBarTimer.elapsedChar: The character used to represent the elapsed time in the progress bar.
  • Default: ▯
• simpleVisualBarTimer.barCount: The number of bars to display in the timer.
  • Default: 10
  • Minimum: 5
  • Maximum: 30
• simpleVisualBarTimer.timerMode: The mode of the timer. countdown will count down from the duration, countup will count up to the duration.
  • Default: countdown

Example Configuration

{
  "simpleVisualBarTimer.defaultDuration": 10,
  "simpleVisualBarTimer.remainingChar": "⭓",
  "simpleVisualBarTimer.elapsedChar": "⭔",
  "simpleVisualBarTimer.barCount": 20,
  "simpleVisualBarTimer.timerMode": "countdown"
}

Example Keyboard shortcut

• Type to , v start SVBT(oem_102 is ,)
• Why use v ? because I already using both s and t. :-)

[
  {
    // Start SVBT
    "key": "oem_102 v",
    "command": "simple-visual-bar-timer.startTimer"
  }
]

Note

• Status Bar | Visual Studio Code Extension API

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT