feat: add task header highlight for visual status indication #11305
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Add a 'Task Header Highlight' toggle under Settings > UI that colors the task header based on its current state: - Green (--vscode-charts-green) when task completes (completion_result) - Yellow (--vscode-charts-yellow) when user attention is needed (follow-up questions, tool approvals, etc.) The highlight is skipped for subtasks and partial/streaming messages, matching the same defensive logic used by sound notifications. CSS classes with !important and --vscode-foreground variable overrides ensure all child text, icons, SVGs, and the context progress bar use appropriate contrasting colors. Includes tests (37 passing) and translations for all 18 locales.
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…d logic - Replace theme-dependent --vscode-charts-green/yellow backgrounds with hardcoded colors (#15803d, #ca8a04) that guarantee WCAG AA 4.5:1 contrast - Extract shared lastRelevantMessage useMemo to deduplicate findLastIndex filtering between isTaskComplete and highlightClass
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Summary
I want to be able to see if my task is ready for me to switch to it's desktop
So I added this setting
That does this
Adds a Task Header Highlight toggle under Settings → UI that colors the task header based on its current state, providing an at-a-glance visual indicator when tasks need attention or are complete.
--vscode-charts-green) when a task completes (completion_result)--vscode-charts-yellow) when user attention is needed (follow-up questions, tool approvals, etc.)CSS classes override
--vscode-foregroundwithin the highlighted header so all child text, icons, SVGs, and the context window progress bar automatically use appropriate contrasting colors.Changes
taskHeaderHighlightEnabledboolean setting to global settings schema with defaultfalseClineProvider.tsstate persistence,ExtensionStateContext, andSettingsViewcached state patternUISettingsunder the UI tabTaskHeader.tsxusinguseMemowithfindLastIndexto determine current task stateindex.csswith!importantoverrides and--vscode-foregroundvariable scoping for full child element contrastTaskHeader.spec.tsxandUISettings.spec.tsxImportant
Introduces task header color highlights in
TaskHeader.tsxto indicate task status, with settings and tests updated accordingly.taskHeaderHighlightEnabledsetting to highlight task headers based on status: green for complete, yellow for attention needed.TaskHeader.tsxusinguseMemo.UISettings.tsxfor toggling highlight.ClineProvider.ts,SettingsView.tsx, andExtensionStateContext.tsxto handle new setting..task-header-highlight-greenand.task-header-highlight-yellowclasses inindex.css.TaskHeader.spec.tsxandUISettings.spec.tsx.This description was created by
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