StickyScroll brings VS Code's Sticky Scroll to JetBrains IDEs — the current scope stays pinned at the top of the editor while you scroll.

StickyScroll

VS Code Sticky Scroll for JetBrains IDEs — see at a glance which class / method / scope you are scrolling through.

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Note: JetBrains now ships native Sticky Lines (2023.3+). This plugin was built as a proof-of-concept before that landed and is no longer actively maintained, but remains available for older IDE versions and for anyone who prefers its behavior.

Features

• Pins the enclosing scopes (class, method, function, etc.) at the top of the editor
• Click a pinned header to jump to its declaration
• Configurable maximum number of pinned lines (Settings → Tools → StickyScroll)

Supported languages

Language	Status
Java	✅ Supported
Kotlin	✅ Supported
Python	✅ Supported
JSON	✅ Supported
XML / HTML and other XML-based	✅ Supported
Go, Rust, C/C++, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, Dart, PHP, YAML, F#	🔲 Requested — contributions welcome (see open issues)

Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) are explicitly excluded to avoid crashes (#3).

Installation

From the Marketplace (recommended): Settings / Preferences → Plugins → Marketplace → Search "StickyScroll" → Install

From disk: download the latest release ZIP from Releases or the JetBrains Marketplace, then Settings → Plugins → ⚙️ → Install Plugin from Disk.

Configuration

Settings → Tools → StickyScroll → Maximum lines — how many scopes to pin (0–10, default 10).

Known issues & roadmap

• #5 Javadoc can dominate the pinned area
• #14 Git blame gutter interaction
• #21 Pinned fragment vs. editor header z-order
• #23 Annotations shown before class header

See the open issues for the full list and language requests.

Development

./gradlew runIde          # run a sandboxed IDE with the plugin
./gradlew test            # unit tests
./gradlew buildPlugin     # build distribution ZIP
./gradlew runPluginVerifier

Requires JDK 17 and Gradle 8.5 (see gradle.properties).

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md first.

License

No explicit license file is present — please open an issue if you need one clarified.

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