VS code minimap "location highlighting"

Question

I was really excited to see VS Code finally added a minimap option for easier navigation. However, I've been really frustrated that the translucent rectangle showing your current location in a file only shows up when you hover over the minimap. A visual example of what I mean:

Without cursor: With cursor:

When using this feature in other editors, I find a lot of value comes from quickly seeing where I am in a file. Does anyone know if there is a setting/extension/hack that will keep the rectangle visible?

Answer 1

From the stable version 1.14 (June 2017) there is an option in settings.json:

"editor.minimap.showSlider": "always" 

Answer 2

It appears this is already being tracked in a feature request:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/21784