Error Lens installs statistics
By Alexander (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Improve highlighting of errors, warnings and other language diagnostics.
Error Lens has 10,127,364 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #98 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.87 / 5 from 188 ratings
About Error Lens
ErrorLens turbo-charges language diagnostic features by making diagnostics stand out more prominently, highlighting the entire line wherever a diagnostic is generated by the language and also prints the message inline.

Features
- Highlight lines containing diagnostics
- Append diagnostic as text to the end of the line
- Show icons in gutter
- Show message in status bar
Commands (15)
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| errorLens.toggle | Error Lens: Toggle (Enable/Disable) Everything (toggle global setting "errorLens.enabled") |
| errorLens.toggleError | Error Lens: Enable/Disable Errors in "errorLens.enabledDiagnosticLevels" setting. |
| errorLens.toggleWarning | Error Lens: Enable/Disable Warnings in "errorLens.enabledDiagnosticLevels" setting. |
| errorLens.toggleInfo | Error Lens: Enable/Disable Info in "errorLens.enabledDiagnosticLevels" setting. |
| errorLens.toggleHint | Error Lens: Enable/Disable Hint in "errorLens.enabledDiagnosticLevels" setting. |
| errorLens.toggleInlineMessage | Error Lens: Toggle global setting "errorLens.messageEnabled". |
| errorLens.searchForProblem | Error Lens: Open problem in default browser (controlled by errorLens.searchForProblemQuery setting). |
| errorLens.selectProblem | Error Lens: Set editor selection to the problem range (controlled by errorLens.selectProblemType setting). |
| errorlens.toggleWorkspace | Error Lens: Exclude/Include current workspace by fs path. |
| errorLens.disableLine | Error Lens: Add a comment to disable line for linter rule. Comment format is controlled by "errorLens.disableLineComments" setting. |
| errorLens.findLinterRuleDefinition | Error Lens: Search in local linter files (like .eslintrc.json) for the rule definition. Target files are controlled by "errorLens.lintFilePaths" setting. |
| errorLens.copyProblemMessage | Error Lens: Copy problem message to the clipboard (at the active cursor). |
| errorLens.excludeProblem | Error Lens: Exclude problem (at the active cursor) (write into settings). |
| errorLens.copyProblemCode | Error Lens: Copy problem code to the clipboard (at the active cursor). |
| errorLens.updateEverything | Error Lens: Update all decorations. Supports args {"kind": "update" | "clear"} |
Settings (76)
Error Lens extension settings start with
errorLens.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| enabled | true | Controls all decorations and features (except commands). |
| respectUpstreamEnabled | {"enabled":true, "inlineMessage":true, "gutter":true, "statusBar":false} | When enabled - extension will take into account global VSCode setting #problems.visibility#. (1.85.0 changelog). |
| enabledInMergeConflict | true | Controls if decorations are shown if the editor has git merge conflict indicators <<<<<<< or ======= or >>>>>>>. |
| fontFamily | "" | Font family of inline message. demo. May break #errorLens.alignMessage# |
| fontWeight | "normal" | Font weight of inline message. ("normal" is alias for 400, "bold" is alias for 700). demo |
| fontStyleItalic | false | When enabled - shows inline message in italic font style. demo |
| fontSize | "" | Font size of inline message (CSS units). Use negative value to have it relative to the editor's fontSize (e.g. -3px). May break #errorLens.alignMessage#. demo. |
| margin | "4ch" | Distance between the last word on the line and the start of inline message (CSS units). demo |
| alignMessage | {"start":0, "end":0, "minimumMargin":4, "padding":[0, 0], "useFixedPosition":true} | Align inline error message (either by starting position or ending position). Only works for monospace fonts. Set "start" and "end" to 0 to disable. ❗Will conflict with other extension decorations. demo |
| border | ["", "", "", ""] | Border of the inline message. Examples: 1px solid, 1px dashed, 2px dotted, 1px solid [#00000050](https://github.com/usernamehw/vscode-error-lens/issues/00000050)... Set to empty string to disable. demo |
| padding | "" | Padding of the inline message. Visible when #errorLens.messageBackgroundMode# is set to "message". demo |
| borderRadius | "0.2em" | Border radius of the inline message. Visible when #errorLens.messageBackgroundMode# is set to "message".… |
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- diagnostic
- error
- gutter
- highlight
- inline
- message
- problem
- problems
- status bar
- warning
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.errorlens. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.