Documentation of DecorationOptions.minimap.color is misleading - requires hex color, but suggests rgba value

[loggerhead]

Reproducible in vscode.dev or in VS Code Desktop?

• Not reproducible in vscode.dev or VS Code Desktop

Reproducible in the monaco editor playground?

• Not reproducible in the monaco editor playground

Monaco Editor Playground Link

https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/playground.html?source=v0.43.0#XQAAAAL7AgAAAAAAAABBqQkHQ5NjdMjwa-jY7SIQ9S7DNlzs5W-mwj0fe1ZCDRFc9ws9XQE0SJE1jc2VKxhaLFIw9vEWSxW3yscw2TcEZXzoBtNlUc7JzE2-DhoNDFBSkDmlgvjP1KVtLQwdHRjhIeDx49tkFMDLg8b1ZhKomfU-9w2kA_D3MW4_oNk7QIk1mQL85HKSYHkRp3QU9cYcXB43cuykA7hkX15yecdhCcufisaHuhSdCgJIRFeiTdDaFqPDRZYELSIMSCyWgPB_L52XaYR6_FUmpgVVHcNpTwBFUIlRFIaUn_TEu6YEgblbTvRXcvBlrecA2jjlvJnVdG0yN562AJIHaHzf2-CzPlIxoyOubwlDlrKk_-qYc-N3JRDrwcpqJnhiQuhDqXbKNKjvixOMZJJ2mNES7tftCjj8Vz3zgAiuH90D41MoWXNZw2yBUNhyHnRJ91BetX_NCFsp1n41mbJhtHqVpzSXcnVbazCA2IC2pjG8M7DidhfhrL7TWbGwO6tpklBQeJF7RW1S3FvFiMiHYtSmJRmruTROsBtOWYIs4NKgyJ-loR7v47965aW4aws-49QqdPZ7GUihA1lQ2RqueqKnCBR9HGRuuIKHjLHllWWMwY5Pz-raUhXPc5P_Aj5UAA

Monaco Editor Playground Code

var jsCode = [
	'"use strict";',
	"function Person(age) {",
	"	if (age) {",
	"		this.age = age;",
	"	}",
	"}",
	"Person.prototype.getAge = function () {",
	"	return this.age;",
	"};",
].join("\n");

var editor = monaco.editor.create(document.getElementById("container"), {
	value: jsCode,
	language: "javascript",
	minimap: { enabled: true },
});

var decorations = editor.createDecorationsCollection([
	{
		range: new monaco.Range(3, 1, 5, 1),
		options: {
			isWholeLine: true,
			className: "myLineDecoration",
			minimap: {
				color: "rgba(67, 201, 249, 0.8)",
				position: monaco.editor.MinimapPosition.Inline,
			}
		},
	}
]);

.myLineDecoration {
	background: rgba(67, 201, 249, 0.8);
}

Reproduction Steps

No response

Actual (Problematic) Behavior

Expected Behavior

show blue color.

Additional Context

No response

[hediet]

The actual behavior seems to match the expected behavior? The color seems blue to me.

[loggerhead]

The actual behavior seems to match the expected behavior? The color seems blue to me.

But I see it's red, and you can see it's red in the screenshot too. Do you speak about the color of minimap?

[hediet]

Ahh, you meant the minimap! Sorry, I'm going through so many issues and this one didn't have explicit "Actual Behavior" steps.

[hediet]

This works

Only hex values are supported.

I see that the docs are misleading:

[loggerhead]

This works

Only hex values are supported.

I see that the docs are misleading:

Can you check this demo? I think there are two issues:

1. Not every line of the range is highlight even when I enabled isWholeLine.
2. The first line of the range appears lighter than other lines, seems like alpha is lost from hex.