minimap is one of the native features seen in Visual Studio code that gives a preview of a source code.
Atom Editor doesn’t have built Minimap configured natively.
You can install it via plugin configuration.
How do I enable the minimap in an Atom?
Following are steps to enable minimap in Atom editor.
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Open Atom editor
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Choose one of the options to go to the install settings page
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using Command palette
- Open the command palette with Command (Ctrl + Shift + p in Linux and windows, Command +Shift +P in Mac)
- It opens the command palette
- Type “Install package”, It opens the Settings page with the
installs
tab selected
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using Settings page
- FIle > Settings page, It opens the Settings page
- Select
Installs
tab
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Type “minimap” in the search bar and installs it
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Open any source code file, you can see the default right upper side contains a preview of your source code.
Minimap settings
- File > Settings page, It opens the Settings page
- Type “minimap” in the search bar, click on settings
It has the following features.
- Auto toggle
- Scroll Indicator
- Animation settings
- Minimap size of characters and code highlighter
- Position