Customizing syntax highlighting in Visual Studio Code

Question

I\'m currently trying to write an extension for a new file type (ANTLR) and wonder how to change the colors used for syntax highlighting in Visual Studio Code. To me it look

Answer 1

Syntax highlighting rules are stored in .plist files (or alternatively in .tmLanguage files). In those files different token types are declared for syntax highlighting:

• What is a keyword?
• What is a string literal?
• What is a comment?
• etc.

Take a look here to get more information about it: https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/customization/colorizer

You do not define colors in .plist files!

The relation between token types and colors is done in color theme declarations.

Learn more about it here https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/customization/themes and here How to add theme in Visual Studio Code?

In general this document is also helpful when you try to extend VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensionAPI/overview