Code Scope Highlighter - A Highlighter Extension for Better Readability

A customizable scope highlighter, inspired by Dr Racket IDE.

✨ Features

• Universal highlighting: ScopeHighlighter works on any language!
• Dynamic Highlighting: Instantly see the scope of matching brackets with vibrant colors.
• HTML Tag Support: Highlight nested HTML tags with intelligent cursor positioning:
  • Place cursor on < of start tag to highlight: start tag + content + end tag
  • Place cursor on > of any tag to highlight: content inside the tag
• Customizable Colors: Personalize your highlight colors for brackets, braces, and parentheses.
• Flexible Modes: Choose from "near", "always", or "never" highlight modes to suit your coding style.
• (Soon) Language Specific Settings: Enable or disable highlighting for specific programming languages.

🌟 Why ScopeHighlighter?

• Boost Productivity: Quickly understand the structure of your code, making it easier to debug and develop.
• Enhanced Readability: No more squinting at matching brackets; ScopeHighlighter makes it clear and straightforward.
• Seamless Integration: Works effortlessly and fast within the VS Code ecosystem, either on desktop or the browser, thanks to the bundler esbuild.

⚙️ Extension Settings

The following settings are configured for the scope-highlighter extension:

codeScopeHighlighter.matchBrackets - Match Brackets

For color picker: https://vuetifyjs.com/en/components/color-pickers/

• Default: near
• Description: Choose when the scope highlight should be active:
  • near for when the cursor is near the bracket,
  • always to always highlight,
  • never to never highlight.

codeScopeHighlighter.scopeColor - Scope Color

• Default: #4d4d4d30
• Description: Color for highlighting the entire scope of matching brackets. (Hex format)

codeScopeHighlighter.bracketColor - Bracket Color

• Default: #4d4d4d30
• Description: Color for highlighting the matching brackets. (Hex format)

🎯 HTML Tag Highlighting

The extension now supports HTML tag highlighting with intelligent cursor positioning:

How it works:

• Cursor on < of start tag: Highlights the entire tag including start tag, content, and end tag
• Cursor on > of any tag: Highlights only the content inside the tag (excluding the end tag's opening bracket)
• Cursor inside tag content: Highlights the content and end tag

Example:

<div class="container">
    <h1>Hello World</h1>
    <p>This is a <strong>test</strong> paragraph.</p>
</div>

• Place cursor on < of <div> → highlights entire div block
• Place cursor on > of <div> → highlights content inside div
• Place cursor on < of <h1> → highlights h1 tag and content
• Place cursor on > of </h1> → highlights h1 content only

🗺️ Roadmap

• HTML support: Implement highlighting for nested html tags.
• Language Specific Settings: Implement highlighting for specific programming languages.
• Bracket Specific Settings: Implement highlighting for specific matching bracket symbols.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT - see the MIT file for details.

For Devs

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