Dynamic Syntax Highlighting in VSCode

Question

I'm writing an extension for Visual Studio Code which features syntax highlighting for a scripting language. I was able to color many important elements via a TextMate grammar file. There are many lines where I would not know if a captured string refers to a user defined class (for a static call, for instance), or an instance of a class/variable until I perform analysis in code.

Is there a way I can dynamically highlight syntax via code in Visual Studio Code or any alternatives for achieving this?

Answer 1

What you are asking for is semantic coloring. It is not supported as of VS Code 1.35. You could try to emulate it using decorators , but the decorators can easily get out of sync with the rest of the highlighting during editing

This VS Code issue tracks adding semantic coloring to VS Code.