{"slug": "for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now", "title": "For VS Code lovers, you can have a colored border and more from now...", "summary": "A developer built vscode-border, a free, open-source C++ Windows application that draws a colored border around each VS Code window to distinguish them when multiple repos and worktrees are open. The tool also adds repo/branch label chips, a project-list HUD acting as a mini taskbar for VS Code windows, per-item right-click actions, and an AI Code status dot showing whether a window is working, needs input, or is done. It is MIT-licensed, Windows-only, and available at github.com/dgtvan/vscode-border.", "body_md": "I keep 5-10 VS Code windows open across different repos/worktrees, and Alt-Tab / the taskbar show the same icon for all of them. So I built vscode-border — a free, open-source C++ Windows app that draws a colored border around every VS Code window:\n\n**Not an extension — a standalone C++ Windows app, no dependencies.**\n\nAlso included:\n\n**Repo/branch label chip** on each window instead of just the folder name:\n\n**Project list HUD** — a mini second taskbar just for VS Code windows. Click to jump to a window (works for minimized ones too), \"+\" opens a new window or a favourite folder. Drag it anywhere; its position is remembered per monitor setup, so it's always exactly where you left it, no re-adjusting after reconnecting/changing a monitor:\n\n**Right-click menu per item** — copy/open the folder, set an alias, pin to favourites which keeps the hub item at the top of the hub list:\n\n**AI Code status** dot on each HUD item (working / needs your input / done), so you know which window needs attention without alt-tabbing:\n\nMIT-licensed, Vibe-coded, Windows-only, repository: [github.com/dgtvan/vscode-border](//github.com/dgtvan/vscode-border)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/van_dang_6bb5eb169b88a3c9/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now-2lem", "published_at": "2026-09-20 16:25:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-20 16:54:26.615327+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["VS Code", "vscode-border", "GitHub", "dgtvan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/for-vs-code-lovers-you-can-have-a-colored-border-and-more-from-now.jsonld"}}