Changing the colour of Python docstring params in VS Code

Question

I'm looking to change the colour (or highlight) of params in Python docstrings in VS Code.

I had some look into themes, but I don't quite understand how I could add a custom scope using TextMate.

On the image below, you can see the :param: are the same colour as the string. I'm looking for it to be a different / custom colour.

Might also look into highlighting the return types such as str or dict .

I'd really appreciate any and all help!

Answer 1

I dont think it means anything. Maybe its just an update of VS code or you accidently changed you settings.

Answer 2

Since this is inside the docstring there's not much you can do easily. AFAIK themes are based on the language servers definitions in the language. Docstrings are considered a whole "thing" so you can change the whole docstring colour, but not content within the docstring.

You could probably do this if you wrote a VS module, but that's a lot of work for something this minor.

Answer 3

The doc string is colored as a normal string.

Use the extension Highlight to specify which text should have a different color

  "highlight.regexes": {
    "(:(?:param|return))( \\w+)?(:)": {
      "regexFlags": "g",
      "filterLanguageRegex": "python",
      "decorations": [
        { "color": "blue" },
        { "color": "green" },
        { "color": "blue" }
      ]
    }
  }